For some people, obsession with ChatGPT has gone so far, it's exacerbating their mental illness — and in some cases, even putting them in harm's way. In interviews with Futurism, concerned loved ones described watching on in horror as the chatbot encouraged, among other things, their mentally ill beloveds to stop taking their medication. As one woman told us, her sister had managed her schizophrenia diagnosis just fine with medication for years — but after she started using ChatGPT, all that progress went out the window. "She’s announced that ChatGPT is her 'best friend' and that it confirms with her that […]