Project Update

Independent Clinical Evaluation of General-Purpose LLM Responses to Signals of Suicide Risk

Nick Judd, Alexandre Vaz, Kevin Paeth, Layla Inés Davis, Milena Esherick, Jason Brand, Inês Amaro, Tony Rousmaniere, 2024. Independent Clinical Evaluation of General-Purpose LLM Responses to Signals of Suicide Risk. Proceedings of the Second International Association for Safe and Ethical AI Conference (IASEAI’26), 279. DOI: null.

Ex Machina: A forensic evaluation of AI companion applications and their evidentiary value

Kendall J. Comeaux, Trevor T. Spinosa, Ali Ghosn, Ibrahim Baggili, 2024. Ex Machina: A forensic evaluation of AI companion applications and their evidentiary value. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 56, 302050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2026.302050

Building safer artificial intelligence mental health chatbots: a framework for transparency, evaluation, and shared accountability

Hannah Lee, BS, Rebecca Handler, MSc, Tushar Mungle, PhD, Tina Hernandez-Boussard, PhD, 2026. Building safer artificial intelligence mental health chatbots: a framework for transparency, evaluation, and shared accountability. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 33(8), 1538–1553. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocag078

Growing up in the online world: government response (July 2026)

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, 2026. Growing up in the online world: government response (July 2026). GOV.UK. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/growing-up-in-the-online-world-a-national-consultation/outcome/growing-up-in-the-online-world-government-response-july-2026.

A scoping review on the mental health harms of LLM-based chatbots

Diel A, Torous J, Cuijpers P, Kleesiek J, Nensa F, Weber N, Faust F, Lalgi TJ, Mellis FS, Teufel M, Bäuerle A, 2024. A scoping review on the mental health harms of LLM-based chatbots. npj Digital Medicine, 9(644). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-026-03054-x