Researchers Press Pause on AI Therapy Bot After Reports of AI Psychosis in Similar Products
A vitiligo research group has "hit pause" on its forthcoming AI therapy bot after learning how, well, crazy other chatbots have made people. The Vitiligo Research Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness and helping sufferers of the pigment-loss skin condition, cited recent news stories about so-called "AI psychosis" — the unofficial group of symptoms, including paranoid delusions, that AI seems to induce in otherwise healthy people — as its rationale for pausing its own advice chatbot. "Take Geoff Lewis, a big‑name [venture capitalist] who also happens to be an OpenAI investor," the foundation notes in a news release about […]
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