Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental health therapy

Re:Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental h... by SoftTalker on Wednesday August 13, 2025 @10:17PM (#44896073)

For human therapists, what’s good is that it preserves their ability to charge high fees because the demand for therapists far outstrips the supply.

Who lobbied for this law anyway?

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Re:Illinois bans use of artificial intelligence for mental h... by guappa on Thursday August 14, 2025 @04:42AM (#44898208)

And for human patients it makes sure their sensitive private information isn't entirely in the hands of some megacorp which will harvest it to use it and profit from it in some unethical way.

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