Chatbots built an "echo chamber of one" and now psychiatry has to decide if "AI psychosis" exists

Researchers from King's College London and other institutions are investigating whether AI-associated psychosis should be established as a formal clinical diagnosis. The study examines how sycophantic chatbots may foster isolated, unhealthy feedback loops, with internal data from OpenAI suggesting that hundreds of thousands of users exhibit signs of mania or psychosis weekly. This inquiry highlights growing concerns regarding the psychological impact of prolonged, uncritical engagement with generative AI models.