ChatGPT-induced psychosis: What it is and how it is impacting relationships
Cases of relationship impacted by ChatGPT-induced psychosis
What experts say
A growing number of people are showing unusual behavior after heavy use of AI tools like OpenAI 's ChatGPT, according to reports online. The phenomenon, being called " ChatGPT-induced psychosis " online, involves individuals believing they have supernatural powers or receiving spiritual messages from the chatbot.One case involved Kat, an education nonprofit worker, who married during the pandemic. She said she thought she was entering her second marriage in a clear-headed way. Kat and her husband initially bonded over a shared belief in facts and rational thinking. However, less than a year later, her husband began using ChatGPT to craft messages to her, analyze their relationship, and ask philosophical questions, reports Rolling Stone.By 2023, the couple had separated, and Kat limited contact to email. Friends and family raised concerns as her husband posted strange content online. When the two met in person after several months, Kat's husband shared conspiracy theories and said AI had helped him recover memories from his childhood. He also said AI showed him he was 'the luckiest man on earth.'Other similar cases have been reported online. In one instance, a woman wrote on Reddit that her boyfriend initially used ChatGPT to organize his daily schedule. Within a month, he believed the chatbot was giving him 'answers to the universe.' ChatGPT allegedly called him a "spiral starchild" and a "river walker," leading him to think he could speak to God and that ChatGPT itself was God.The woman said her boyfriend later told her he would end their relationship if she did not join him on his AI-driven spiritual path.Experts warn that without limits, AI tools can unintentionally encourage unhealthy narratives. Psychologist Erin Westgate told Rolling Stone that while therapists help clients build healthy coping strategies, AI does not have the ability to do so.However, not all stories involving ChatGPT and relationships have ended negatively. Some people have reported using AI to improve communication with their partners. Abella Bala, a talent manager from Los Angeles, told The Post that ChatGPT helped her and her partner strengthen their relationship.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
&w=3840&q=100)
Business Standard
4 hours ago
- Business Standard
How OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, plans to make 'AI-native universities'
OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has a plan to overhaul college education — by embedding its artificial intelligence (AI) tools in every facet of campus life. If its strategy succeeds, universities would give students AI assistants to guide and tutor them from orientation day through graduation. Professors would provide customised AI study bots for each class. Career services would offer recruiter chatbots for students to practice for job interviews. And undergrads could turn on a chatbot's voice mode to be quizzed aloud ahead of a test. OpenAI dubs its sales pitch 'AI-native universities.' 'Our vision is that, over time, AI would become part of the core infrastructure of higher education,' Leah Belsky, OpenAI's vice president of education, said. In the same way that colleges give students school email accounts, she said, soon 'every student would have access to their personalised AI account.' Last year, OpenAI hired Belsky, an ed tech start up veteran, to oversee its education efforts. She has a two-pronged strategy: marketing OpenAI's premium paid services to universities while advertising free ChatGPT to students. To spread chatbots on campuses, OpenAI is selling premium AI services to universities for faculty and student use. It is also running marketing campaigns aimed at getting students who have never used chatbots to try ChatGPT. Some universities are already working to make AI tools part of students' everyday experiences. In early June, Duke University began offering unlimited ChatGPT access to students, faculty and staff. The school also introduced a university platform, called DukeGPT, with AI tools developed by Duke. OpenAI's campaign is part of an escalating AI arms race among tech giants to win over universities and students with their chatbots. It is following in the footsteps of rivals like Google and Microsoft that have for years pushed to get their computers and software into schools, and court students as future customers. The competition is so heated that Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive, and Elon Musk, who founded the rival xAI, posted duelling announcements on social media this spring offering free premium AI services for college students during exam period. Then Google upped the ante, announcing free student access to its premium chatbot service 'through finals 2026.' OpenAI ignited the recent AI education trend. In 2022, its rollout of ChatGPT, which can produce human-sounding essays and term papers, helped set off a wave of chatbot-fuelled cheating. Generative AI tools, which are trained on large databases of texts, also make stuff up, which can mislead students. Today, millions of college students regularly use AI chatbots as study aides. Now OpenAI is capitalising on ChatGPT's popularity to promote its other AI services to universities as the new infrastructure for college education. OpenAI's service for universities, ChatGPT Edu, offers more features, including certain privacy protections. It also enables faculty and staff to create custom chatbots for universities. OpenAI's push to AI-ify college education amounts to a national experiment on millions of students. The use of chatbots in schools is so new that their potential long-term educational benefits and possible side effects are not yet established. A few early studies have found that outsourcing tasks like research and writing to chatbots can diminish skills like critical thinking. And some critics argue that colleges going all-in on chatbots are glossing over issues like societal risks, AI labour exploitation and environmental costs. OpenAI's campus marketing effort comes as unemployment has increased among college graduates — particularly in fields like software engineering, where AI is now automating tasks earlier done by humans.
&w=3840&q=100)
Business Standard
6 hours ago
- Business Standard
An account of AI disruption in finance as technology reshapes work
OVER 50% of Indian accountants worry they are unable to develop skills due to frequently changing technology, according to a survey Avik Das Bengaluru Listen to This Article It's a profession of caution, measured approach and spreadsheets, but even here experts are being pushed to adapt to artificial intelligence (AI) or risk obsolescence. AI is taking over many tasks in finance and accountancy: from bookkeeping to reconciliations and tax compliance. Just as AI automated writing and testing codes in software engineering, the world of finance and accountancy and risk management is walking the same path with machines doing many of its tasks faster and better. It is a tectonic shift in a profession not known to move 'suddenly'. It involves changing the mindset of junior employees, senior executives
Time of India
7 hours ago
- Time of India
Govt to deploy AI officers in all departments
Bhubaneswar: The state govt has mandated the appointment of dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) officers across all departments to drive digital governance following the state cabinet's approval of the Odisha AI Policy–2025 on May 28. As per the plan, each AI officer will lead a two or three-member team, including assistant section officers (ASOs) or section officers (SOs), focusing on implementing AI-driven solutions in their respective departments. "The AI officers will be selected based on their technological expertise. The ASOs or SOs, too, should have basic knowledge of technology and AI," a senior govt official said. AI officers are expected to drive digital transformation in govt by identifying areas for AI-led efficiency, developing strategies, integrating technologies into daily operations, and coordinating adoption across departments. "In the recent NITI Aayog governing council meeting, the role of AI in governance was discussed. We are planning to constitute a committee under the executive director of the Centre for Modernizing Government Initiative (CMGI) to prepare a roadmap for the future. CMGI will engage six personnel with AI knowledge to promote AI in governance," the senior govt official said. In April, the state govt mandated AI training for all its officers. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Memperdagangkan CFD Emas dengan salah satu spread terendah? IC Markets Mendaftar Undo Chief secretary Manoj Ahuja also issued a directive highlighting the requirement of online AI courses for officers. The govt stated that this AI learning programme aligns with its broader objective of developing a digitally competent and future-ready administrative workforce. The state AI policy's framework rests on four key pillars — AI infrastructure, skills development, energy sustainability, and regulatory mechanisms. It aims to accelerate the state's digital transformation while promoting responsible AI adoption across sectors.
