Molly Quinn AI in therapy patient consent data privacy HIPAA

A therapy session is, by design, one of the most protected conversations a person can have. When Molly Quinn, 31, sat down for what she expected to be a routine mental health check-in, she did not anticipate that an artificial intelligence platform was quietly transcribing every word she said about her most private struggles - without her informed consent. Her experience, reported by NPR, has since ignited a broader reckoning about what happens when automation enters spaces that depend entirely on human trust.