Nick Jacobson

An FDA committee spent hours debating whether AI tools that promise therapy should fall under its oversight.

Nick Jacobson, a researcher at Dartmouth University, testified that the problem is much broader.

Millions of people are using unregulated chatbots for therapy.

That means widely used apps like ChatGPT are not covered by any federal safety rules, even though users often turn to them when they can't find or afford a human therapist.

Jacobson says new laws may be needed to close that gap.

since the FDA's authority only regulates products that market themselves as treatment.

Windsor Johnston, NPR News.

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