AI Trials Observatory launches with 93 randomized trials on how AI affects people
DG_Rand · x · 2026-11-11
Ben Tappin's team launched the AI Trials Observatory, a living systematic review of randomized trials on generative AI's effects on people. It currently surfaces 93 trials across two outcomes — mental health (depression, anxiety, loneliness, wellbeing) and belief accuracy (conspiracy beliefs, science skepticism) — with more coming. The meta-analysis chart shows therapeutic AI delivering moderate improvements in anxiety and depression (+0.25-0.34), with general/companion AI showing a very different picture.
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