This episode of Tech and Science Daily from The Standard covers two significant AI stories running in parallel. The first concerns a warning from mental health charity Mental Health UK, which argues that vulnerable people seeking support from AI chatbots face real risk. Without safeguards requiring AI tools to draw from trusted clinical sources, users could receive guidance that causes serious harm.
The second thread examines why so much corporate AI investment fails to generate everyday impact, with billions committed but results remaining elusive.
To explore that question, the programme spoke with Tarek Nseir, Senior Value Partner at Valliance, who examined the structural and commercial barriers stopping businesses from realising the benefits of AI in practice.
The episode illustrates AI's expanding reach into everyday life, with questions of governance and genuine utility running as a thread through both stories. For businesses and policymakers alike, the gap between what AI promises and what it reliably delivers remains the defining challenge to solve.
