Regulating Artificial Intelligence Design to Prevent Youth Mental Health Harms

This Viewpoint addresses poor mental health outcomes among youths who use artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and explores the AI safety failures that warrant evaluation and regulation to improve such outcomes.

Corresponding Author: Ryan K. McBain, PhD, MPH, Health Division, RAND, 1200 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA 22202 (rmcbain@rand.org).

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