Dan Novak and Dan Friedell host today's Learning English show.

First: Google is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Gmail. The service was first announced on April first, 2004, which many people took as an April Fools’ Day joke. Brian Lynn reports.

Next: As chatbots powered by artificial intelligence become more common as a mental health tool, some experts are calling for more government regulation. Anna Matteo explores the issue on this week's Health and Lifestyle Report. Then, Anna joins Dan Friedell in the studio to answer a few of his questions about chatbot therapy and more.

Finally: It is time for LE's Lesson of the Day. Andrew Smith and Jill Robbins base their instruction on the LE video series Let's Learn English. Today, they have a three-part lesson to teach about some common informal expressions and some phrases that start with the word "what."

Dan and Dan close the show.

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