1 in 5 American adolescents have gone to an AI chatbot for mental health guidance

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Would you trust an AI chatbot to be your therapist, medical professional or confidante? New research shows that one in five American adolescents between the ages of 12-21 – or around 8.2 million – are turning to Big AI’s chatbots for help with their mental health.

That marks a more than 40 percent increase in the past year, rising from just one in eight the previous year, a 1,009-person survey from the non-profit research institute RAND found.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/ai-mental-health-chatbot-teenagers-america-b2988133.html

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