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The AI-powered app that prescribes poems tailored to your mood

A new AI-powered app called Ode, backed by Stephen Fry and founded by William Sieghart and Amelia Richards, prescribes poems tailored to users' moods to promote mental wellbeing. The free audio-driven app features readings by actors like Harriet Walter and Jeremy Irons, and has received NHS approval after development with Microsoft AI.

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The AI-powered app that prescribes poems tailored to your mood
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  • A new app called Ode, backed by
  • “I’ve spent much of my adult life trying to get poetry out of the poetry corner, because I believe in its power to heal and inspire,” said Sieghart.
  • Ode has received approval for use within the NHS by the Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA) and was developed in collaboration with Microsoft AI.
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independent.co.uk — original article Poetry, AI and Stephen Fry: New app Ode prescribes verse to lift your mood One in four Americans turn to AI chatbots for medical advice because they can’t afford to see a doctor News outlets urge a judge to sanction OpenAI in a high-stakes AI copyright fight
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