When today’s teenagers and young adults are struggling emotionally, some are turning not only to friends, family members and therapists but also to artificial intelligence. Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents ...

Nationally weighted 2025 survey estimated 19.2% of US youth (≈8.2 million) have sought mental health advice from AI chatbots, up from 13.1% in 2024. Use intensity was meaningful: 42.8% engaged at ...

Increasingly, artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) are being integrated into the mental health industry for counseling, therapy, and companionship. A recent Brown University study ...

Patients have made over 14,000 virtual appointments in the eight months since Mass General Brigham launched its AI-powered platform to connect people who need primary care with telehealth physicians.

John writes about the politics of health care, and he is the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. You can reach John on Signal at John_Wilkerson.07. WASHINGTON — For decades, ...

In March 2020, a husband and wife in a Tennessee memory-care unit escaped after deciphering a keypad code. The husband used his military background to crack the exit code, revealing a significant ...

(KWQC) - As more people turn to AI chatbots for companionship, life advice, or even as a stand-in for therapy, experts say the technology offers both new opportunities and risks when it comes to ...

A new type of chatbot could reliably help people decide what to do about their symptoms - and do so based on guidance that is both medically sound and easy to understand. The chatbot could help reduce ...

A new AI-powered chatbot developed by researchers at the University of California San Diego could help patients make more informed decisions about when to seek medical care. The tool is designed to ...

When researcher Nicholas Tiller began to feed health questions into chatbots as a test, he expected some imperfections — but not this level of failure. Five AIs, 250 questions and a total score of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Gov. Mike Braun announced the launch of the Indiana All Payer Claims Database, a public-facing chatbot designed to make health price and utilization data more accessible. A ...

Vince Lahey of Carefree, Arizona, embraces chatbots. From Big Tech products to “shady” ones, they offer “someone that I could share more secrets with than my therapist.” He especially likes the apps ...