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The 7 states that ban AI therapy chatbots

By Ella Ruder 1 min read

Seven states now ban AI therapy chatbots, and Pennsylvania’s medical board has taken a chatbot developer to court in what the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass., said appears to be the first such case under a medical practice act, according to a Nov. 9 report from Telehealth.org. The actions reflect an expectation that a licensed human remain accountable for mental healthcare. But Petrie-Flom Center researchers argue that Pennsylvania’s case rests only on the chatbot’s claims of medical authority, while therapy-like conversation may already be crossing into… Originally published in Becker’s Hospital Review. Read More

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