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Karim the AI delivers psychological support to Syrian refugees | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

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More than 1m Syrians have fled to Lebanon since the conflict began with as many as one-fifth suffering from mental health disorders, says WHO

More than 1 million Syrians have fled to Lebanon since the start of the conflict and as many as one-fifth of them may be suffering from mental health disorders, according to the World Health Organisation. But Lebanon’s mental health services are mostly private and the needs of refugees – who may have lost loved ones, their home, livelihood and community – are mostly going unmet. Hoping to support the efforts of overworked psychologists in the region, the Silicon Valley startup X2AI has created an artificially intelligent chatbot called Karim that can have personalised text message…

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