{
  "id": 3203556,
  "title": "High-school friends create AI companion for mental wellness",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/high-school-friends-create-ai-companion-for-mental-wellness",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-25T05:06:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260825/high-school-friends-create-ai-companion-mental-wellness"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than two decades after they met in high school in Jamaica and became friends, Rene Myrie and Francine Forbes have combined their professional knowledge to create Choobi, an artificial intelligence-powered mental wellness companion.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "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."
}