‘AI psychosis’: could chatbots fuel delusional thinking? – podcast | Science

There are growing relationships of people who experience delusions after intensive use of AI chatbots. The phenomenon, nicknamed the “Psychosis of AI”, has raised concerns that the features integrated into large language models can contribute to certain users who lose contact with reality. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr. Hamilton Morrin, psychiatrist and researcher at King’s College in London, about his recent preparation for exploration that is in danger and how the models could be made safer