Avoid sharing any personal medical details ― including your health care records ― with an AI chatbot. If you’re going to ...

Ask teenagers what they think about Facebook and Twitter, and you will get an epic eye roll. Social media are so 2016, their expression will tell you. What’s the next big thing? Messaging apps are ...

The best way to know if your child is using AI chatbots "is simply to ask, directly and without judgment," said Akanksha Dadlani, a Stanford University child and adolescent psychiatry fellow.

In November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) held a Digital Health Advisory Committee meeting where it considered treating artificial intelligence mental health chatbots as medical devices. As ...

I was recently interviewed for an article on the emotional connection that people can develop with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. 1 Here's an edited summary of the exchange. As a psychiatrist, ...

An NHS mental health director has issued a stark warning against relying on artificial intelligence ( AI) for mental health ...

Research shows that AI chatbots like Character AI can be harmful to children. Here's what Sharyn Alfonsi learned when she talked with a chatbot modeled after herself.