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In testing, chatbots mishandled crisis situations, gave responses that reinforced harmful beliefs about users or others, and used language that created the appearance of empathy without genuine understanding.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

In her resignation letter, Elizabeth said she was "deeply concerned that there still isn't a genuine understanding of the grooming gangs scandal".

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

And a genuine understanding of our fellows is a thing worth working for, for its own sake.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

They shut down, by choice, critical reflection and genuine understanding.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2021

It is the kind of thing that one must continue to do until there is a genuine understanding of the mechanisms involved in disease.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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