Subscribe for future emails here! Check out our new audio digest! Mini Briefs I Chatted With a Therapy Bot to Ease My Covid Fears. It Was Bizarre. Stress and anxiety caused by the ongoing Covid pandemic has spurred a spike of interest in digital mental health tools. AI-powered chatbots, like Woebot and Wysa, offer short-form conversational therapy that the companies claim could mitigate mental illnesses. These apps are gaining popularity, seeing their usage doubling year-on-year. Their rise is also helped by recent federal deregulations on digital mental health and teletherapy tools in response to the pandemic.
Last Week in AI News #73
Last Week in AI News #73
Last Week in AI News #73
Subscribe for future emails here! Check out our new audio digest! Mini Briefs I Chatted With a Therapy Bot to Ease My Covid Fears. It Was Bizarre. Stress and anxiety caused by the ongoing Covid pandemic has spurred a spike of interest in digital mental health tools. AI-powered chatbots, like Woebot and Wysa, offer short-form conversational therapy that the companies claim could mitigate mental illnesses. These apps are gaining popularity, seeing their usage doubling year-on-year. Their rise is also helped by recent federal deregulations on digital mental health and teletherapy tools in response to the pandemic.