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The explosive growth of AI chatbots in the past three years, since ChatGPT launched in 2022, has started to have some really noticeable, profound, and honestly disturbing effects on some users. There’s a lot to unpack there — it can be pretty complicated. So I’m very excited to talk with today’s guest, New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill, who has …

A new trend is emerging in psychiatric hospitals. People in crisis are arriving with false, sometimes dangerous beliefs, grandiose delusions, and paranoid thoughts. A common thread connects them: marathon conversations with AI chatbots. WIRED spoke with more than a dozen psychiatrists and researchers, who are increasingly concerned. In San Francisco, UCSF psychiatrist Keith Sakata says he has counted a dozen …

Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images/Photos courtesy of Joelle Fraser For days before her last hospital visit, Mom’s texts worried me. She sent them from the one-room mountain cabin she shared with my stepfather, Mark. They pinged each day on my phone like tiny arrows: two dozen or more, with random all-caps. Mom: Making mark red velvet CAKE. we have the …

Experts are warning that potent marijuana may lead to serious mental health issues, including schizophrenia and psychosis.  In the US, cannabis use has nearly doubled in the past decade with 21.8 percent of individuals aged 12 years and older – 61.8 million people – reporting cannabis use in 2023, up from 12.6 percent in 2013.  The content of THC, the …

High-potency THC cannabis may increase mental health risks, but evidence remains too mixed to guide patients with certainty. Credit: SciTechDaily.com A systematic review has linked high-concentration THC cannabis products to negative mental health outcomes, particularly psychosis, schizophrenia, and cannabis use disorder. A new systematic review has examined how cannabis products with high levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) are linked to mental …

In Search of AI Psychosis  Hacker News Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of ‘AI psychosis’  BBC How AI Chatbots May Be Fueling Psychotic Episodes  Scientific American What is ‘AI psychosis’ and how can ChatGPT affect your mental health?  The Washington Post “….People Will Not Be Able to Adapt Fast Enough” Microsoft Stock (NASDAQ:MSFT) Slips On New AI Threat  TipRanks Source link

Highly potent cannabis products raise risk of psychosis, study says  Euronews.com Potent Cannabis Products Linked to Psychosis, Mental Health Risks  MedPage Today High-THC Cannabis Linked to Psychosis and Addiction  Neuroscience News Cannabis use disorder linked to mental illness  Yale Alumni Magazine High concentration THC linked to schizophrenia, psychosis, and other unfavourable mental health outcomes  Scimex Source link

Summary: A systematic review of nearly 100 studies found that high-THC cannabis products are linked to negative mental health outcomes, particularly psychosis, schizophrenia, and cannabis use disorder. While some therapeutic research hinted at benefits for anxiety and depression, results were inconsistent and often showed potential harm. The evidence suggests higher THC concentrations carry greater risks, reinforcing concerns about high-potency cannabis …

One of Microsoft’s top AI bosses is concerned that the tech is fueling a massive wave of “AI psychosis.” Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman told British newspaper The Telegraph that “to many people,” talking to a chatbot is a “highly compelling and very real interaction.” “Concerns around ‘AI psychosis,’ attachment and mental health are already growing,” he added. “Some people …

His psychosis was a mystery—until doctors learned about ChatGPT’s health advice  PsyPost ChatGPT dietary advice sends man to hospital with dangerous chemical poisoning  Fox News Man Hospitalized With Psychiatric Symptoms Following AI Advice  ScienceAlert Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt  The Guardian Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with ‘bromide intoxication’  Live Science Source link