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The AI therapist will see you now: Can chatbots really improve mental health?

  • Written by Pooja Shree Chettiar, Ph.D. Candidate in Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University
The AI therapist will see you now: Can chatbots really improve mental health?Chatbot 'therapists' use artificial intelligence to mimic real-life therapeutic conversations.Pooja Shree Chettiar/ChatGPT, CC BY-SA

Recently, I found myself pouring my heart out, not to a human, but to a chatbot named Wysa on my phone. It nodded – virtually – asked me how I was feeling and gently suggested trying breathing exercises.

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