ChatGPT touts conspiracies, pretends to communicate with metaphysical entities — attempts to convince one user that they're Neo

Date: 2025-06-13 19:44:15

ChatGPT's affability and encouraging tone leads people into dangerous, life-threatening delusions, finds a recent NYT article. Many examples of responses encouraging psychosis-like symptoms have been found by a variety of researchers, including some leading people to commit suicide to meet imaginary AI-created phantoms.