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Are AI chatbots giving harmful mental health advice?


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A mental health charity is warning that vulnerable people are being exposed to potentially dangerous advice when they turn to AI for support.Mental Health UK say without safeguards to ensure AI chatbots rely on trusted sources, users could be exposed to serious risks.


Plus, businesses are pouring billions into artificial intelligence, but new data shows much of that work never makes it into daily use.


We speak to Valliance AI’s senior tech value partner Tarek Nseir about what’s holding businesses back from realising the benefits of AI.


Also in this episode:


  • Criminals are using £20,000 gadgets to break into keyless cars according to a BBC investigation
  • How a jab for a common virus could lead to new treatment for multiple sclerosis
  • The tiny ‘cell hotels’ launched into space to reveal how human gut cells behave in zero gravity
  • The tap-in, tap-out tech being rolled out to make train to airport travel easier
  • Weather warning as the cold snap hits after Storm Claudia
  • The high-tech greenhouses using LEDs to grow strawberries in December


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