Across the world, people say their loved ones are developing intense obsessions with ChatGPT and spiraling into severe mental health crises. A mother of two, for instance, told us how she watched in alarm as her former husband developed an all-consuming relationship with the OpenAI chatbot, calling it "Mama" and posting delirious rants about being a messiah in a new AI religion, while dressing in shamanic-looking robes and showing off freshly-inked tattoos of AI-generated spiritual symbols. "I am shocked by the effect that this technology has had on my ex-husband's life, and all of the people in their life as […]