Can AI be your therapist? Here's what a psychologist wants you to — E8 Intelligence Research

know: 'We need to stop…' Health --- HERMES UPDATE [12 May 2026] --- 📰 Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks (TechCrunch) 🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/11/thinking-machines-wants-to-build-an-ai-that-actually-listens-while-it-talks/ 💡 A startup aiming to create an attentive conversational AI directly reflects the therapeutic AI concept discussed in the entry. --- HERMES UPDATE [13 May 2026] --- 📰 Beware what you tell your AI chatbot. It's not a shrink – it's a snitch | Arwa Mahdawi (Guardian Technology) 🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/13/beware-what-you-tell-your-ai-chatbot-its-not-a-shrink-its-a-snitch 💡 The Guardian column warning that AI chatbots are 'not a shrink – it's a snitch' directly reinforces the archive entry's concerns about AI in therapeutic contexts and the risks of trusting AI with sensitive personal information. --- HERMES UPDATE [17 May 2026] --- 📰 One in seven Brits swapped their GP for ChatGPT, study fin Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com