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AI Psychosis is a Cool Thing We Have to Think About Now
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AI Psychosis is a Cool Thing We Have to Think About Now

While the research is still early, it looks like AI chatbots can push people who are already at risk into psychotic and delusional episodes. Jeff and Anthony delve into this early research and what AI companies and mental health experts think of it.

We Have Concerns

January 13, 20261h 9mExplicit

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While the research is still early, it looks like AI chatbots can push people who are already at risk into psychotic and delusional episodes. Jeff and Anthony delve into this early research and what AI companies and mental health experts think of it.

Story links:

https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/discover

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03020-9

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psych-unseen/202507/can-ai-chatbots-worsen-psychosis-and-cause-delusions

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-chatbot-psychosis-link-1abf9d57

Support the show and get bonus episodes, videos, Discord community access and more! http://patreon.com/wehaveconcerns

Jeff on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/jeffcannata.bsky.social
Anthony on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/acarboni.bsky.social