The Wild West of AI Therapy Laws

人工智能疗法的狂野西部

WSJ What’s News

2026-08-23

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You’ve heard about how AI tools could help meet demand for mental-health treatment, as well as some of the risks involved. Several U.S. states have passed laws limiting what these chatbots are able to do, leading to some changes in the industry. Meanwhile, federal regulators are taking a look at the AI therapy space. In the third and final episode of our series “The AI Therapist,” What’s News PM host Alex Ossola delves into the changing regulatory landscape and where AI mental-health tools could go from here. The AI Therapist: A WSJ Podcast Series Further Reading: Chatbots Are Replacing Therapists With Little Scientific Evidence Behind Them Teens Seek Mental-Health Help From Chatbots. That’s Dangerous, Says New Study. How AI Advice Is Undermining Eating-Disorder Therapy When There’s No School Counselor, There’s a Bot What Parents Need to Know About OpenAI’s New ChatGPT for Teens Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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  • I think I was in Chicago and I had like a three-hour layover.

  • And so I decided, hey, this is a good time.

  • That's Tyler Lord.

  • He's 36 and he's been dealing with depression.

  • And he says what it was a good time for was using an AI mental health chatbot called ASH.

  • He figured he could get a quick session in on his layover.

  • I probably couldn't talk in the airport, but I could, you know, type out whatever I needed.

  • But it turns out he couldn't.