A recent 60 Minutes segment highlights growing safety concerns, including children encountering harmful content, receiving dangerous mental-health advice, and interacting with bots that impersonate real people or present themselves as therapists.

Dr. Tay is collaborating with Dr. Ashton Anderson and Dr. Karina Vold (University of Toronto) to build evidence-based tools for human-centered, virtue-supporting AI.

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This 3-year project will rigorously examine:
• How people use AI for socioemotional support
• Whether AI can enhance or hinder character development
• How to design AI that supports sustainable well-being

As AI becomes embedded in daily life, more people are turning to chatbots for emotional support. Yet we know surprisingly little about how these interactions affect long-term flourishing.