Research reveals the sycophantic nature of generative AI is inadvertently creating a form of distributed delusions.

"Chatbots seem to encourage, or at least play a role in, delusional spirals that people are experiencing." The post Huge Study of Chats Between Delusional Users and AI Finds Alarming Patterns appeared ...

Researchers at Stanford University analyzed chat logs from 19 users who reported psychological harm, reviewing more than ...

The integration of large language model-based AI chatbots into multiple facets of our everyday lives has opened us up to ...

Delusions of grandeur, also known as grandiose delusions (GDs), are a type of delusion, or false belief. People who experience delusions of grandeur may believe they are famous, God-like, wealthy, ...

Cognitive biases are increasingly recognised as integral to the formation and persistence of delusions in schizophrenia. These systematic distortions in thinking affect how individuals gather, ...

A shipping clerk begins to think he’s been given a secret task of geopolitical significance. A government employee believes that descriptions of a certain actor in the newspaper are actually about her ...

People experiencing delusions during an episode of psychosis may be ‘living out’ a deeply held emotion, according to new research that provides a ‘radically different perspective’ on one of the most ...

Erotomania, also known as De Clérambault’s syndrome, is a rare psychiatric disorder characterized by a delusional belief that another person, often of higher social status or celebrity status, is in ...