10 h. ago This mental health chatbot aims to fill the counseling gap at understaffed schools

As school districts struggle to support the mental health of their students, a startup called Sonar Mental Health has built a “wellbeing companion” called Sonny to help. As described in the Wall Street Journal, Sonny is a chatbot that relies on a combination of human staff and AI. When students text their questions to Sonny, […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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5 d. ago Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government “less dumb” 

A DOGE staffer created a custom AI chatbot that's supposed to help "eliminate" government waste. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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5 d. ago Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government ‘less dumb’

A senior Elon Musk staffer created a custom AI chatbot that's supposed to help DOGE "eliminate" government waste. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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6 d. ago Chatbot vs national security? Why DeepSeek is raising concerns

Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek upended the global industry and wiped billions off US tech stocks when it unveiled its R1 programme, which it claims was built on cheap, less sophisticated Nvidia semiconductors.

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