Can a chatbot be a responsible therapist? Dartmouth professor aims to find out
A Dartmouth-led team has built Therabot, described as the first generative AI mental health chatbot to show clinical results in a published trial. The system currently operates only within approved research studies, and researchers stress that it is an AI agent trained for specific tasks, not a human therapist, underscoring ongoing questions about responsibility and oversight in AI‑mediated care.
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