Published on in Vol 12 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/69144, first published .
Building and Beta-Testing Be Well Buddy Chatbot, a Secure, Credible and Trustworthy AI Chatbot That Will Not Misinform, Hallucinate or Stigmatize Substance Use Disorder: Development and Usability Study

Building and Beta-Testing Be Well Buddy Chatbot, a Secure, Credible and Trustworthy AI Chatbot That Will Not Misinform, Hallucinate or Stigmatize Substance Use Disorder: Development and Usability Study

Building and Beta-Testing Be Well Buddy Chatbot, a Secure, Credible and Trustworthy AI Chatbot That Will Not Misinform, Hallucinate or Stigmatize Substance Use Disorder: Development and Usability Study

Adam Jerome Salyers   1 , BA ;   Sheana Bull   1 , MPH, PhD ;   Joshva Silvasstar   1 , MSIS, BS ;   Kevin Howell   2 , MSIS ;   Tara Wright   2 , PhD ;   Farnoush Banaei-Kashani   3 , PhD

1 Clinic Chat, LLC, Denver, CO, United States

2 University of Texas Health Sciences at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States

3 Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, United States

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