AI Tools For Mental Health Are Proliferating Everywhere. Industry Leaders Are Rushing To Set Safety Standards.

Source: International Business Times

Beyond general purpose chatbots that, for many, double as mental health services, the market for purpose-built mental health AI tools have exploded to include many specific ones. Getty Images On the heels of Antropic researcher Jacob Coxon's highly publicized resignation from the company, in which the AI researcher said the largest companies in the sector are "gambling with our lives," one of the technology's use case remains chiefly unregulated, with particularly dire impacts when things go sideways. As 28% of adults ages 18–29 report they use major chatbots for mental health information or advice, the effort to set mental health AI standards is now ongoing.