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fromFuturism
1 week agoThe Scientist Who Predicted AI Psychosis Has a Grim Forecast of What's Going to Happen Next
When the Danish psychiatrist Søren Dinesen Østergaard published his ominous warning about AI's effects on mental health back in 2023, the tech giants fervently building AI chatbots didn't listen. Since that time, numerous people have lost their lives after being drawn into suicide or killed by lethal drugs after obsessive interactions with AI chatbots. More still have fallen down dangerous mental health rabbit holes brought on by intense fixations on AI models like ChatGPT.
Mental health
Artificial intelligence
fromFortune
4 months agoSam Altman wants to 'treat adults like adults'-but can OpenAI keep ChatGPT safe after opening the door to erotica? | Fortune
OpenAI will enable verified adult users to generate erotica on ChatGPT, balancing strong market demand with safety, mental-health concerns, and competition from explicit chatbot services.
fromwww.npr.org
4 months agoWith therapy hard to get, people lean on AI for mental health. What are the risks?
Kristen Johansson's therapy ended with a single phone call. For five years, she'd trusted the same counselor through her mother's death, a divorce and years of childhood trauma work. But when her therapist stopped taking insurance, Johansson's $30 copay ballooned to $275 a session overnight. Even when her therapist offered a reduced rate, Johansson couldn't afford it. The referrals she was given went nowhere.
Mental health
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
5 months agoTalking to AI helped her be a calmer, better mom - so she vibe-coded a web app to help others emotionally reset
Crash Out Diary uses an AI chatbot to provide a single-message pep talk and guided grounding activities for anonymous emotional regulation.
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