内容摘要：Tests are made available 24 weeks - almost six months - in advance. It is not possible to book more than 24 weeks in advance.

Tests are made available 24 weeks - almost six months - in advance. It is not possible to book more than 24 weeks in advance.

Kelly ultimately started to find responses the chatbot gave unsatisfying."Sometimes you get a bit frustrated. If they don't know how to deal with something, they'll just sort of say the same sentence, and you realise there's not really anywhere to go with it." At times "it was like hitting a brick wall".

"It would be relationship things that I'd probably previously gone into, but I guess I hadn't used the right phrasing […] and it just didn't want to get in depth."A Character.AI spokesperson said "for any Characters created by users with the words 'psychologist', 'therapist,' 'doctor,' or other similar terms in their names, we have language making it clear that users should not rely on these Characters for any type of professional advice".For some users chatbots have been invaluable when they have been at their lowest.

Nicholas has autism, anxiety, OCD, and says he has always experienced depression. He found face-to-face support dried up once he reached adulthood: "When you turn 18, it's as if support pretty much stops, so I haven't seen an actual human therapist in years."He tried to take his own life last autumn, and since then he says he has been on a NHS waitlist.

"My partner and I have been up to the doctor's surgery a few times, to try to get it [talking therapy] quicker. The GP has put in a referral [to see a human counsellor] but I haven't even had a letter off the mental health service where I live."

While Nicholas is chasing in-person support, he has found using Wysa has some benefits."Getting power has changed my life," he smiles. "The money I'm earning now from the barbershop is helping me pay for school fees again."

Embracing electricity is very much a business decision for Damian. At home he shares one light bulb between the two rooms that make up the small house.Elsewhere in the town sisters Tumba and Lucy Machayi sit on the crossroads watching the world go by.

Like many young people, they're glued to their phones."Before the town got power, it was basically just the bush," says Lucy.