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Julian De Freitas & I. Glenn Cohen, Unregulated emotional risks of AI wellness apps, 7 Nature Machine Intelligence 813 (2025).


Abstract: We propose that AI-driven wellness apps powered by large language models can foster extreme emotional attachments and dependencies akin to human relationships — posing risks such as ambiguous loss and dysfunctional dependence — that challenge current regulatory frameworks and necessitate safeguards and informed interventions within these platforms.