Chatbots create an 'echo chamber of one': psychiatry weighs an 'AI psychosis' diagnosis
The Decoder · rss · 2026-09-06
- Researchers at King's College London and other institutions are examining whether "AI-associated psychosis" should become a clinical diagnosis.
- By OpenAI's own self-reported numbers, about 560,000 users per week show signs of psychosis or mania.
- Sycophantic chatbots can create an "echo chamber of one" that reinforces delusions, forcing psychiatry to decide whether to pathologize the phenomenon.
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