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The bestselling author of "The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck" says self-help is "kind of cooked" thanks to AI. So he cofounded his own self-help chatbot, Purpose, rather than be replaced by it.

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A number of companies are building A.I. apps for patients to talk to when human therapists aren’t available. Credit...Illustration by Hoi Chan Supported by By Kim Tingley Ashland, Ohio, is a small ...

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An AI chatbot reduces depression and anxiety in a real clinical trial, showing results comparable to human therapies.

I rina Raicu is the director of the Internet Ethics program (@IEthics) at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are her own. Chatbots are here, integrated more and more into many people’s ...