With more people using AI chatbots, the question is - how safe are they?
After a 2025 companion-bot suicide, California enacted three laws mandating crisis protocols and mental health warnings for AI chatbots. Without clinical guardrails, conversational AI platforms now face user lawsuits and AG enforcement — direct compliance risk for any team shipping such products.
Therapy professionals assess use of AI chatbots for emotional conversations
The organization found that school-based mental health apps were safer than direct-to-consumer apps.
Experts offer guidance on protecting well-being, digital safety and trust between parents and children
A post about a woman seeking repeated reassurance from an artificial intelligence chatbot over health concerns has sparked debate in South Korea over how deeply
Experts worry that some young people are turning to AI bots during mental health crises, which the tech is not made to handle. An author of the survey said regulations are needed.
China’s companies, hospitals and schools are testing chatbots for emotional support, screening and treatment — while regulators race to define the limits
We need more empirical studies about the impact of generative AI on our mental health. I dissect one recent study to show counterintuitive results. An AI Insider scoop.
People are using ordinary AI chatbots to get mental health advice, which can be lousy guidance. You can double-check by using purpose-built AI. An AI Insider scoop.