Lawmakers Target Mental Health Chatbots—Pluribus

Read article—Nicholas Jacobson, an associate professor of biomedical data and psychiatry, is quoted in a story about states' legislation to regulate therapy chatbots. The story mentions Jacobson's Therabot study and his recent op-ed and testimony about New Hampshire Senate Bill 640. "These systems need to be designed to mitigate the risks," Jacobson said. "But at the same time there is a lot of promise here."