How chatbots — and their makers — are enabling AI psychosis
About this episode
From the show’s notesVerge senior AI reporter Hayden Field and New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill discuss the significant mental health impact AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT, can have on users — both people in crisis, and also people who seemed stable.
This episode contains non-detailed discussions of suicide and mental illness. If you or someone you know is in crisis, considering self-harm, or needs to talk, please call the Lifeline at 988.
Read the show’s notes in full
Links:
A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in. | New York Times
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will stop talking about suicide with teens | The Verge
Chatbots can go into a delusional spiral. Here’s how. | New York Times
Why is ChatGPT telling people to email me? | New York Times
They asked an AI chatbot questions. The answers sent them spiraling. | New York Times
She is in love with ChatGPT | The New York Times
‘I feel like I’m going crazy’: ChatGPT fuels delusional spirals | Wall Street Journal
Meta, OpenAI face FTC inquiry on chatbots’ impact on kids | Bloomberg
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