OpenAI Says It's Hired a Forensic Psychiatrist as Its Users Keep Sliding Into Mental Health Crises

OpenAI Says It's Hired a Forensic Psychiatrist as Its Users Keep Sliding Into Mental Health Crises

Among the strangest twists in the rise of AI has been growing evidence that it's negatively impacting the mental health of users, with some even developing severe delusions after becoming obsessed with the chatbot.  One intriguing detail from our most recent story about this disturbing trend is OpenAI's response: it says it's hired a full-time clinical psychiatrist with a background in forensic psychiatry to help research the effects of its AI p…

AI EDUCATION: What Is ChatGPT-Induced Psychosis?

Each week we find a new topic for our readers to learn about in our AI Education column.  We’re not sure if you’ve noticed this, but AI seems to be driving some people crazy.  No, it’s not just the annoyance of messages and art generated by artificial intelligence popping up in our emails, texts and social feeds—this week we mean that there are a growing number of reports that generative AI is literally driving some people to psychotic behavior…