The Impact of ChatGPT Exposure on User Interactions With a Motivational Interviewing Chatbot: Quasi-Experimental Study

Jiading Zhu   ¹ , BASc ;   Alec Dong   ^{2 *} ;   Cindy Wang   ^{1 *} ;   Scott Veldhuizen   ^{3, 4, 5} , PhD ;   Mohamed Abdelwahab   ¹ , MSc ;   Andrew Brown   ¹ , MASc ;   Peter Selby   ^{3, 5, 6} , MBBS, MHSc ;   Jonathan Rose   ^{1, 3} , PhD

¹ The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ INTREPID Lab, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁵ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁶ Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

*these authors contributed equally