Can a chatbot make someone lose touch with reality? That’s the question I posed to psychiatrist John Luo of the University of California, Irvine, on a recent episode of my podcast "Relating to AI," ...

Lay down on the AI therapy couch at your own risk. Chatbots — the hottest trend in mental-health self care — fall short when providing therapy, often giving sycophantic, biased and even harmful ...

AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok are increasingly woven into the fabric of everyday life. Interestingly, recent research shows that the most popular use for them today is therapy, and people ...

Experts on adolescent psychiatry and psychology say it’s important to have open and continuous discussion with kids about their use of artificial intelligence and AI chatbots. Parents should set ...

Many of us therapists are currently struggling with the concept of synthetic relationships. Not because we don’t understand the technology, but because we don’t quite know what to do when our clients ...

ChatGPT started the AI revolution, but it isn't the only chatbot worth using. We've tested the top AI chatbots to help you ...

When it comes to quickly attracting users, generative artificial-intelligence chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT have been among the most successful technologies ever. But it’s pretty clear from ...

Google has published a blunt assessment of how reliable today’s AI chatbots really are, and the numbers are not flattering. Using its newly introduced FACTS Benchmark Suite, the company found that ...

As AI becomes more deeply embedded in wealth management, many firms are deploying both internal chatbots and AI agents—but how to use each effectively can be confusing. In this session, we'll ...