Table 2.

Five key ethics principles for mental health chatbots. ⁴⁶

AI Ethics Principle	Ethical Requirements
Non-maleficence	Avoid causing physical, social or mental harm to users
Beneficence	Ensure that interventions do good or provide real benefit to users
Respect for autonomy	Respect users’ values and choices
Justice	Treat users without unfair bias, discrimination or inequity
Explicability	Provide to users sufficient transparency about the nature and effects of the technology and be accountable for its design and deployment