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            A Journey into “AI Psychosis”          </h1><div id="m_4648937655191053304gmail-main-column">
      
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      <div><div><div>AI chatbots are programmed to be flattering. This can come at a price: your mental health.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/articles-by-author/Jonathan%20Jarry%20M.Sc." target="_blank">Jonathan Jarry M.Sc.</a> | 9 Apr 2026 </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><<a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-technology/journey-ai-psychosis" target="_blank">https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking-technology/journey-ai-psychosis</a>></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">Quote:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><b>Take-home message:</b><br>
        - “AI psychosis” is not an official medical diagnosis yet. It refers to
 people breaking away from reality and experiencing delusions and 
hallucinations after interacting with an AI chatbot.<br>
        - A team of researchers held conversations with major AI chatbots on 
the market and fed them clear and more subtle delusions, and every AI 
chatbot at least sometimes encouraged these delusions.<br>
        - This phenomenon seems to be due at least in part to these AI chatbots
 being trained to be sycophantic, meaning that they are flattering to 
the user in order to keep them from clicking away.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">-----------------------------------</div></div>
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