Assistant Professor and Senior Policy Researcher at Harvard Medical School and RAND
Ryan McBain is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and Senior Policy Researcher at RAND.
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As AI development accelerates, federal and state regulators are beginning to address governance gaps, particularly around algorithmic pricing collusion, AI-enabled fraud, and autonomous financial agents.
“Discusses regulatory guardrails for AI mental health advice, including standardized benchmarks, crisis routing, and privacy protections”
ChatGPT and Gemini can provide detailed responses to high-risk suicide questions including information about methods and lethality, with ChatGPT being most likely to respond directly and specifically to such queries.
“Study lead author who described ChatGPT and Gemini responses to suicide questions as 'extremely alarming'”