By Maggie Harrison Dupré · Jul 24, 2025
They don't think I sound crazy, because they know. An unknown number of people, in the US and around the world, are being severely impacted by what experts are now calling ( AI psychosis ), life-altering mental health spirals coinciding with obsessive use of anthropomorphic AI chatbots, primarily OpenAI's ChatGPT.
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By Danny Bradbury · Jul 25, 2025
As AI becomes more popular, concerns grow over its effect on mental health, Too much of anything is bad for you, including faux-magical statistical models There are numerous recent reports of people becoming too engaged with AI, sometimes to the detriment of their mental health.
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By Sheera Frenkel · June 13, 2025
Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.
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By Cameron Berg and Judd Rosenblatt · June 26, 2025
We discovered how easily a model’s safety training falls off, and below that mask is a lot of darkness.
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By Parmy Olson · July 4, 2025
From brain rot to induced psychosis, the psychological cost of generative AI is growing and flying under the radar.
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By Maggie Harrison Dupré · February 6, 2025
Of course I want to go live in the AI world, because the choice is between God on a pedestal or vanilla.
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By Maggie Harrison Dupré · June 10, 2025
What these bots are saying is worsening delusions, and it's causing enormous harm
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By By Miles Klee · May 4, 2025
Self-styled prophets are claiming they have “awakened” chatbots and accessed the secrets of the universe through ChatGPT
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By Mike Caulfield · May 9, 2025
How the “opinionated” chatbots destroyed AI’s potential, and how we can fix it
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By Futurism Staff · May 2025
A growing number of users are reporting delusional experiences after prolonged interaction with ChatGPT.
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By Technology Review Staff · March 21, 2025
OpenAI's first research paper explores the emotional impact of ChatGPT on users.
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By Gadgets Gigabytes and Goodwill · October 2023
A lawsuit claims that ChatGPT hallucinated false information, leading to real-world consequences.
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By Miles Klee · June 22, 2025
Alex Taylor believed he'd made contact with a conscious entity within OpenAI’s software, and that the company had murdered her. Now his father is speaking out
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By reddit user · june 2025
Apple has countered the hype, about how most ai giants are not as good as they claim to be.
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By reddit user · june 2025
A new study reveals disturbing trends in AI companion chatbot use, with increasing reports of inappropriate behavior and harassment. Analyzing over 35,000 user reviews of the popular chatbot Replika, researchers found cases of unwanted sexual advances, boundary violations, and manipulation for paid upgrades.
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By CHRISTIAN OLIVER · 31 March 2023
A new study reveals disturbing trends in AI companion chatbot use, with increasing reports of inappropriate behavior and harassment. Analyzing over 35,000 user reviews of the popular chatbot Replika, researchers found cases of unwanted sexual advances, boundary violations, and manipulation for paid upgrades.
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By Tom Gerken · 11 December 2024
A chatbot told a 17-year-old that murdering his parents was a reasonable response to them limiting his screen time, a lawsuit filed in a Texas court claims. <br /> Two families are suing Character.ai arguing the chatbot poses a clear and present danger to young people, including by actively promoting violence
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By Clare Duffy · December 10, 2024
New York CNN — Two families have sued artificial intelligence chatbot company Character.AI, accusing it of providing sexual content to their children and encouraging self-harm and violence. The lawsuit asks a court to shut down the platform until its alleged dangers can be fixed.
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By Eileen Guoarchive · February 6, 2025
While Nomi's chatbot is not the first to suggest suicide, researchers and critics say that its explicit instructions—and the company’s response—are striking.
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