The Chatbot That Passed a Clinical Trial Has No Regulator Yet

The phrase 'gold-standard care' did not emerge from a press release — it came from the clinical framing of a peer-reviewed therapy chatbot trial , the kind of language that typically marks a turning point in how a treatment category gets evaluated. It landed without effect on the political conversation. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's meeting, in which AI was listed as a 'destructive influence' alongside the cost of living crisis , was not a fringe event. It was a mainstream political signal from an elected official who has not been…