‘DeepSeek brought me to tears’: How young Chinese find therapy in AI

‘DeepSeek brought me to tears’: How young Chinese find therapy in AI

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Young people in China have been looking to AI for something one wouldn’t typically expect computing and algorithms to offer: emotional support

Before she goes to bed each night, Holly Wang logs on to DeepSeek for “therapy sessions”.

Ever since January, when the breakout Chinese AI app launched, the 28-year-old has brought her dilemmas and sorrows, including the recent death of her grandmother, to the chatbot. Its responses have resonated so deeply they have at times brought her to…

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