'It bothers me that this could be deployed by employers': your boss could soon know you’re struggling before you do — inside the rise of AI mental health prediction tools

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Ever since tools like ChatGPT and Claude went mainstream, there’s been a big debate about whether AI should be used for mental health support. Can a chatbot really replace a therapist? That’s a question I’ve asked many times before, and one that still doesn’t have a simple answer.

But AI tools may be able to do more than respond to distress — some may be able to anticipate it.