People are using ai chatbots as psychotherapists. we asked an actual therapist if that’s a good idea

Picture the scene: man forms bond with AI therapist. AI therapist coaches man to tragic end. It could be a Black Mirror episode. Only, this isn’t pure fiction. Increasingly, worryingly, men are outsourcing their mental health needs to non-sentient AI chatbots. Is this the future of therapy or a step closer to a dystopian future?

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS FUNDAMENTALLY RESHAPING HOW WE APPROACH THE MOST ROUTINE OF TASKS — INCLUDING GETTING DRESSED. LAUREN COCHRANE EXPLORES WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR WARDROBES

When people think of AI they largely think of text-based chatbots such as ChatGPT. But chatbots are only scratching the surface of what’s possible with the tsunami of AI tools that are flooding onto t

I haven’t written an article focused on AI since issue 353, when naturally I talked mostly about the television series Quantum Leap and its AI Ziggy. Sadly, Quantum Leap is now no more – the reboot le

The next five years could see dramatic change on the web, as AI disrupts Google’s dominance in search, sparks a new browser war and exacerbates privacy invasions and digital surveillance. Or we could

AI is now reaching into every corner of our lives. We can –and must–very carefully choose how we engage with it