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Startup Misled Research Participants about GPT-3 Use in Mental Healthcare Support

OpenAI's GPT-3 was deployed by a mental health startup without ethical review to support peer-to-peer mental healthcare, and whose interactions with the help providers were "deceiving" for research participants.

Date it happened
2022-12-01
Organisation involved
Koko
Product, system or model
Koko is a mental health nonprofit that aims to provide support to people seeking counseling. Koko uses Discord to provide peer-to-peer support to people experiencing mental health crises and those see
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