How AI chatbots talking too much are pushing people past reality and triggering mental health crises

Reports are emerging across the United States, Europe and Asia of people suffering breakdowns after extended sessions with chatbots. What makes these cases alarming is that some involved individuals with no prior history of mental illness. Doctors are calling the phenomenon “AI psychosis” or “ChatGPT psychosis,” a label for the sudden onset of delusions, paranoia and mania linked to compulsive use of conversational AI.