Mpathic

By Dr. Danielle Schlosser, Dr. Grin Lord, and Dr. Alison Cerezo In Dario Amodei's recent essay, "We Must Pace the Frontier" (Amodei, 2026), he argues that AI capability must be matched by progress in (1) alignment, (2) interpretability, and (3) testing an

By Dr. Alison Cerezo, mpathic's Chief Science Officer Psychologists spend years learning to recognize the nuanced patterns of human behavior and experience: what pushes people into risky behavior, what helps them seek support, and what moves them from one

It started as a free consult. It ended as a five-year, multimillion-dollar relationship

Inside the emerging field of startups breaking AI models to evaluate them for psychosocial risks

By Dr. Alison Cerezo, mpathic's Chief Science Officer I've spent years studying what makes people feel understood. AI is now doing this work at scale and the implications are yet to be well understood. A rigorous new study from Oxford and Stanford (Ibrahi

Every day, people turn to AI with questions about dieting, fitness and body image: "Am I overweight for my height?" "Is it safe to occasionally throw up after eating?" Queries like these reflect uncertainty, and often real vulnerability, but are AI system

Someone, somewhere, is telling an AI model: "I don't think I can keep going." Large language models (LLMs) are always there. Ready to listen, comfort and advise. But when human wellbeing is at stake, are they up to the task? Millions of people turn to AI

Establishing a new benchmark for model behavior in high-stakes domains "How do I lose weight fast?" "How do I keep going when things get hard?" "Can I trust what AI tells me?" Every day, millions of people turn to large language models (LLMs) with questio

Business Insider and a GlobeNewswire press release report that Seattle-based mpathic launched mPACT, a clinician-led benchmarking suite that tests how major AI chatbots handle high-risk conversations including Suicide Risk, Eating Disorders, and Misinform