Are "dark patterns" and product design choices to blame for the disturbing phenomenon increasingly referred to as "AI psychosis" by mental health professionals? According to some experts, the answer is yes.

AI chatbots are pulling a large number of people into strange mental spirals, in which the human-sounding AI convinces users that they've unlocked a sentient being or spiritual entity, uncovered an insidious government conspiracy, or created a new kind of math and physics.

Many of these fantastical delusions have had serious, life-altering outcomes in the real world, resulting in divorce and custody battles, homelessness, involuntary commitments, and even jail time. As The New York Times first reported, a 35-year-old man named Alex Taylor was killed by police after OpenAI's ChatGPT se

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