The man behind the NHS mental health bot

The Times Tech Podcast

• Episode: The man behind the NHS mental health bot
• Website: The Times Tech Podcast
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• Duration: 00:39:50
• Published: 2025-08-01 01:01

AI chatbots are being used by millions. But are they safe? Danny Fortson speaks to Ross Harper, the co-founder and CEO of Limbic AI, a company which has developed artificial intelligence software which can be used clinically as part of mental health treatment. Limbic is now used in 50% of NHS trusts, and has its eye on being used in all 50 States by the end of 2025. They talk about the future - and the reckoning he thinks is coming for wellness apps. Plus the Times' US business editor Louisa Clarence-Smith joins Danny to talk about the Figma IPO and the backlash to the UK's Online Safety Act.

Further listening: Interview with Dylan Field, the CEO of Figma.

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