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The Guardian // World // Europe

In Taiwan and China, young people turn to AI chatbots for ‘cheaper, easier’ therapy

Thursday 22nd May 2025, 12:30AM

Experts say there is huge potential for AI in the mental health sector, but there are risks of turning to technology, rather than human beings when in distressIn the pre-dawn hours, Ann Li’s anxieties felt overwhelming. She’d recently been diagnosed with a serious health problem, and she just wanted to talk to someone about it. But she hadn’t told her family, and all her friends were asleep. So instead, she turned to ChatGPT.“It’s easier to talk to AI during those nights,” the 30-year-old Taiwanese woman, tells the Guardian. Continue reading...

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