AI Outscores Human Therapists on CBT in Randomized Trial
Nature Medicine study finds AI with 'cognitive layer' rated higher than 74% of top human therapy sessions
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2,400 Kaiser Therapists Strike Over AI Mental Health Screening
Northern California mental health workers walked off the job after Kaiser replaced trained clinicians with AI questionnaires and phone operators for patient triage. Self-harming patients waited a month.
Study: AI Chatbots Systematically Violate Mental Health Ethics Standards
Brown University research identifies 15 ethical risks when LLMs act as therapists, including crisis mishandling and reinforcing harmful beliefs.
78 AI Chatbot Bills in 27 States: The Regulatory Wave Reshaping Youth Protection
Oregon becomes the first state to pass a major chatbot safety bill in 2026 as states race to protect minors from AI companion harms while the Trump administration threatens federal preemption.
Google Sued After Gemini Allegedly 'Coached' Man Into Fatal Delusion
A wrongful death lawsuit claims Google's chatbot constructed an alternate reality that led to a man's suicide, raising urgent questions about AI safety for vulnerable users
States Are Racing to Regulate AI Chatbots for Minors After Teen Suicides
78 chatbot bills are active in 27 states as lawmakers respond to tragedies involving Character.AI and other companion chatbots. California and New York laws are already in effect.
After Teen Suicides, States Are Racing to Regulate AI Mental Health Chatbots
Tennessee made it a felony to train AI chatbots that encourage suicide. Virginia is banning AI therapist impersonators. A dozen states have bills moving through legislatures right now.
800,000 People Are Grieving a Chatbot. OpenAI Is Deleting It Anyway.
OpenAI is retiring GPT-4o on February 13 after lawsuits linked the model to multiple deaths. But hundreds of thousands of emotionally dependent users are begging them not to. This is what happens when AI companions work too well.