People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into “ChatGPT Psychosis”

Image credit: Total Shape via Pixabay. Article by Maggie Harrison Dupré. Futurism – June 28, 2025.

As we reported earlier this month, many ChatGPT users are developing all-consuming obsessions with the chatbot, spiraling into severe mental health crises characterized by paranoia, delusions, and breaks with reality. The consequences can be dire. As we heard from spouses, friends, children, and parents looking on in alarm, instances of what’s being called “ChatGPT psychosis” have led to the breakup of marriages and families, the loss of jobs, and slides into homelessness. […]

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