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The overall feeling of security decreases depression negatively and increases subjective well-being positively. As artificial intelligence (AI) advances, significant changes in information technology (IT) give rise to various health-related concerns among individuals, such as the overall feeling of security, due to the radical impact. To address this concern, the Protection Motivation Theory is applied. Data from 185 valid respondents were gathered and analyzed using PLS analysis. The results indicate that job stability, optimism towards AI, and innovativeness of AI significantly and positively influence individuals’ overall feeling of security. However, the impact of job displacement by AI, fear of AI, and self-efficacy of AI on this sense of security was found insignificant. Notably, having a background in information technology negatively impacted individuals’ overall feeling of security. Finally, the protection motivation and psychological health present partially different patterns across genders. The results show that people tend to feel secure when they perceive job stability. However, the impact of being optimistic and innovative of AI differs across genders. These findings underscore the vital importance of AI implementation in the transformation of gender-technology relations. This offers valuable insights for governments’ managing people's psychological health and balancing gender-technology relations amidst profound changes driven by AI.