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fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Chatbots are 'constantly validating everything' even when you're suicidal. New research measures how dangerous AI psychosis really is | Fortune

It supports our hypothesis that the use of AI chatbots can have significant negative consequences for people with mental illness. His work builds on his 2023 study which found chatbots may cause a 'cognitive dissonance [that] may fuel delusions in those with increased propensity towards psychosis.'
Mental health
fromBusiness Insider
6 months ago

Wall Street is beginning to worry about AI 'psychosis risk.' See which models ranked best and worst.

Wall Street is beginning to worry that, for some troubled users, AI chatbots and models may exacerbate mental health problems. There's even a phrase for it now: "psychosis risk." "Recent heartbreaking cases of people using ChatGPT in the midst of acute crises weigh heavily on us," OpenAI said in a recent statement, after being sued by a family that blamed the chatbot for their 16-year-old son's April death by suicide.
Artificial intelligence
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