Politico October 13, 2023
AI is coming to mental health care in the U.S., aiming to stretch therapists’ work and make it more effective.
Psychotherapy company Limbic, which already works with the U.K.’s National Health Service, is bringing its AI therapy assistant to the U.S.
How does it work? Limbic’s chatbot, which the company says is the first of its kind in America, works through an app on a patient’s phone — in conjunction with a human clinician.
Patients can send messages to the bot about what they’re thinking and feeling, and the bot follows therapy protocols in responding — using artificial intelligence and a separate statistical model to ensure the responses are accurate and helpful.
A therapist provides input for the AI to...
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