{"id":22323,"date":"2026-03-14T12:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T11:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/new-study-raises-concerns-about-ai-chatbots-fueling-delusional-thinking\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T11:37:14","slug":"new-study-raises-concerns-about-ai-chatbots-fueling-delusional-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/new-study-raises-concerns-about-ai-chatbots-fueling-delusional-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"New study raises concerns about AI chatbots fueling delusional thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First major study on \u2018AI psychosis\u2019 suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people<\/p>\n<p>A new scientific review raises concerns about how chatbots powered by artificial intelligence may encourage delusional thinking, especially in vulnerable people.<\/p>\n<p>A summary of existing evidence on artificial intelligence-induced psychosis was published last week in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanpsy\/article\/PIIS2215-0366(25)00396-7\/abstract\"> the Lancet Psychiatry<\/a>, highlighting how chatbots can encourage delusional thinking \u2013 though possibly only in people who are already vulnerable to psychotic symptoms. The authors advocate for clinical testing of AI chatbots in conjunction with trained mental health professionals.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/mar\/14\/ai-chatbots-psychosis\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2816e6cb10ddbf2981d386e6e681efec5cacd23b\/0_0_6827_5464\/master\/6827.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=82a2424ec914078862969b75719caeb8\" title=\"New study raises concerns about AI chatbots fueling delusional thinking\" \/>First major study on \u2018AI psychosis\u2019 suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people<br \/>\nA new scientific review raises concerns about how chatbots powered by artificial intelligence may encourage delusional thinking, especially in vulnerable people.<br \/>\nA summary of existing evidence on artificial intelligence-induced psychosis was published last week in the Lancet Psychiatry, highlighting how chatbots can encourage delusional thinking \u2013 though possibly only in people who are already vulnerable to psychotic symptoms. The authors advocate for clinical testing of AI chatbots in conjunction with trained mental health professionals. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First major study on \u2018AI psychosis\u2019 suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people A new scientific review raises concerns about how chatbots powered by artificial intelligence may encourage delusional thinking, especially in vulnerable people. A summary of existing evidence on artificial intelligence-induced psychosis was published last week in the Lancet Psychiatry, highlighting how chatbots &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/new-study-raises-concerns-about-ai-chatbots-fueling-delusional-thinking\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New study raises concerns about AI chatbots fueling delusional thinking<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22323"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}