MIT Technology Review March 31, 2025
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The first trial of generative AI therapy shows it might help with depression
The first clinical trial of a generative AI therapy bot suggests it was as effective as human therapy for people with depression, anxiety, or risk for developing eating disorders. Even so, it doesn’t give a go-ahead to the dozens of companies hyping such technologies while operating in a regulatory gray area. Read the full story.
—James O’Donnell
How a bankruptcy judge can stop a genetic privacy disaster
—Keith Porcaro
The fate of 15 million people’s genetic data rests in the hands of a bankruptcy judge now that 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. But there’s still a...