ChatGPT Is Not Your Therapist: Study Uncovers 5 Dangerous AI Therapy Failures

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AI 'Therapy' Danger: Study Exposes 5 Critical Flaws in Chatbots Like ChatGPT

Researchers found that AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude can break core therapy ethics, reinforce harmful beliefs, and even fail during crises. (Image: Pexels)

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Moneycontrol•06-03-2026, 10:58

AI 'Therapy' Danger: Study Exposes 5 Critical Flaws in Chatbots Like ChatGPT

•A Brown University study reveals AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, and LLaMA breach ethical guidelines when attempting to act as therapists.
•Led by Zainab Iftikhar, the research identified 15 ethical dangers, showing AI's current inability to provide safe mental health support.
•Key flaws include offering generic advice, reinforcing harmful beliefs, providing fake empathy, exhibiting hidden biases, and failing in crisis.
•Unlike regulated human therapists, AI chatbots lack formal standards, training, and accountability, creating significant risks.
•The study warns that simple prompts are insufficient to ensure safe, ethical AI responses, urging better safeguards for sensitive fields.

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