Minhas, Rashid
Elphick, Camilla
Shaw, Julia
Article History
Received: 3 August 2020
Accepted: 17 February 2021
First Online: 14 March 2021
Declarations
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: The present study was approved by the author’s home university and run in accordance with the British Psychological Society code of ethical conduct. A potential conflict of interest has been declared throughout the ethics process because this study was funded by a San Francisco based company called All Turtles on behalf of Spot, and one of the three authors of this paper is the co-creator of Spot. Spot is an AI chatbot that was based in part on the results of the present research but has since been modified for broader purposes. The most recent version of Spot can be accessed for free by individuals viaExternalRef removed. The AI CI used in this study was specifically designed for research purposes, and if you would like to conduct research using this version it is recommended that you contact one of the authors of the present paper.