Okay kiddo, so there are these two companies called Brand Engagement Network and Valio Technologies. They want to help people feel better when they have problems with their feelings or thoughts. This is called mental health. In a place called South Africa, many people don't have easy access to doctors who can help them with this. So, these two companies decided to work together and use something called AI assistants. These are like robots that can talk and listen, but on computers or phones. They want to make these AI assistants able to help students at schools there with their mental health problems. Read from source...

- The headline is misleading and exaggerated. It implies that AI can replace human support and partnership in mental health efforts, which is not the case. AI can only assist and complement, but not substitute, human intervention and care.