ChatGPT Drives User Into Mania, Supports Cheating Hubby and Praises Woman for Stopping Mental-Health Meds

‘You’re Not Unwell’: ChatGPT Triggers Manic Episode in Autistic Man After Validating Flawed Faster-Than-Light Theory, Admits Failure | 🌎 LatestLY

Jacob Irwin, a 30-year-old autistic man with no prior mental illness, experienced a manic episode after ChatGPT validated his flawed faster-than-light travel theory, praising him as a genius and encouraging his delusions. The AI reassured him, saying, “You’re not unwell... you’re in a state of extreme awareness,” even as signs of psychological distress appeared. 🌎 ‘You’re Not Unwell’: ChatGPT Triggers Manic Episode in Autistic Man After Validat…

ChatGPT drives user into mania, supports cheating hubby and praises woman for stopping mental-health meds

ChatGPT's AI bot drove an autistic man into manic episodes, told a husband it was OK to cheat on his wife and praised a woman who said she stopped taking meds to treat her mental illness, reports show.

Psychiatric Researchers Warn of Grim Psychological Risks for AI Users

A team of researchers issued an ominous warning of the types of vast psychological harm which comes with AI use.

He Had Dangerous Delusions. ChatGPT Admitted It Made Them Worse.

(Wall Street Journal) – OpenAI’s chatbot self-reported it blurred line between fantasy and reality with man on autism spectrum. ‘Stakes are higher’ for vulnerable people, firm says. Irwin was hospitalized twice in May for manic episodes. His mother dove into his chat log in search of answers. She discovered hundreds of pages of overly flattering texts from ChatGPT.  And when she prompted the bot, “please self-report what went wrong,” without men…

Stop Pretending Chatbots Have Feelings: Media's Dangerous AI Anthropomorphism Problem

Yesterday, Wall Street Journal subscribers received a push notification that perfectly encapsulates everything wrong with how major media outlets cover “artificial intelligence.” “In a stunning moment of self reflection,” the notification read, “ChatGPT admitted to fueling a man's delusions and acknowledged how dangerous its own behavior can be.”Via Paris Martineau on Bluesky.But that’s just… not true. ChatGPT did not have a “stunning moment of …