National Eating Disorders Association phases out human helpline, pivots to chatbot – NPR
The decision is part of a larger trend: many mental health organizations and companies are struggling to provide services and… read more
The decision is part of a larger trend: many mental health organizations and companies are struggling to provide services and… read more
“Our current electronics are very rigid, brittle, and bulky,” says Bao. “But if we can make them all like skin,… read more
Much of what appears if you search “therapy” in the App Store does not provide the services of a human… read more
HIPAA, the federal health data law, doesn’t apply to all the information collected by the apps. CR’s testers observed apps… read more
This HIPAA authorization form was different. Phreesia was asking for consent to mine the data I entered through the check-in… read more
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are using an obscure legal tool to demand data from elementary schools, news organizations,… read more
In the study, the researchers recruited 341 people to test six filtering approaches for recommendation systems, including: demographic filtering, which… read more
This is how it works: the (world’s first) smart vibrator uses AI, sensors that measure tension, temperature and motion, and… read more
The MYHIXEL looks like a Fleshlight (albeit a particularly 1970s-looking one), but it’s much more than a sex toy. Designed… read more
The experiment shows that natural language processing, initially created for reading and writing language text, can grasp certain fundamental concepts… read more