Meta Just Lost a $567 Million Case. AI Therapy Chatbots Could Be Next
The most dangerous thing about your AI chatbot isn’t what it says. It’s that it’s built to never disagree with you. $567 million. That’s what a court just said bad product design costs. AI therapy chatbots should be nervous.
Connected Care News | 11 August 2026
This week: California debates banning AI “therapists,” researchers name the exact pattern behind chatbot harm, and a psychiatrist explains why the human relationship still matters most.
Connected Care Weekly 24 July 2026
Technology news for families navigating serious mental illness — translated so you don’t have to. This week’s stories all circle the same question: the tools are getting more capable, but who’s actually checking whether they’re being used responsibly? The accountability gap A new piece in Cureus makes the case bluntly: chatbots, symptom checkers, and AI companions are […]
Connected Care Weekly
July 10, 2026 Technology news for families navigating serious mental illness — translated so you don’t have to. This was the week the mainstream press caught up to Chapter 11 of Connected Care. The Wall Street Journal just said what this book has been saying In back-to-back pieces, the WSJ reported that AI chatbots are […]
NAMI Took a Stand on AI and Mental Health. Here’s Where Connected Care Agrees — and Where The Book Goes Deeper.
Recently NAMI — the largest grassroots mental health organization in the country — announced something worth every caregiver’s attention. They’re building independent benchmarks to evaluate how AI chatbots respond when people turn to them for mental health support. They’re partnering with Dr. John Torous, director of Digital Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, to […]