{
  "id": 17191124,
  "title": "AI and Virtual Reality Enter the Therapist’s Office",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/ai-and-virtual-reality-enter-the-therapists-office",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-30T07:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Undark",
    "slug": "undark",
    "url": "https://undark.org/2026/10/30/avatar-deepfake-therapy/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Some experts say that deepfake technology and other AI tools could help tackle treatment-resistant conditions like anorexia and prolonged grief. But plenty of questions remain, including whether there could be damaging side effects and whether the therapy is even effective.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}