A therapist describes clients using chatbots between sessions for immediate clarity, with mixed feelings about data privacy and whether AI undermines therapy's value. AI offers benefits like always-on, cost-efficient support for rural clients or those with odd hours, but lacks human nuance, contains programmed bias, and risks "hallucination" (when AI has totally "made up something that is inaccurate or non-existant") or bad advice. Illinois recently became the first state to regulate AI in therapy, making it illegal for AI programs to deliver therapy without a licensed professional overseeing them; chatbots cannot make diagnoses or set treatment plans independently. Therapists may use AI as an administrative helper for scheduling, note-taking, and organizing referrals, but clients must give informed consent, and violations carry fines of up to $10,000 per case.