As the writer of the story, Laurie Clarke, points out, it’s not a total pipe dream that AI could be therapeutically useful. Early this year, I wrote about the first clinical trial of an AI bot built specifically for therapy. But the secretive use by therapists of AI models that are not vetted for mental health is something very different. I have to say, I was really fascinated that people called out their therapists after finding out they were covertly using AI. In all the cases mentioned in the piece, the therapist hadn’t provided prior disclosure of how they were using AI to their patients.