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OpenAI

Was This the Moment That AI Psychosis Began?

One event seems to have kicked off a wave of AI psychosis: memory that persists across chat sessions, letting the bot weave tapestries of delusions about users’ lives.

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xAI

Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds

“There’s no longer an excuse for releasing models that reinforce user delusions so readily.”

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Mental Health

Woman Sues OpenAI, Saying ChatGPT Unleashed a Vicious Stalker Against Her and Did Nothing When She Begged for Help

“His location and plans are something OpenAI could shed light on if they were willing to cooperate.”

The Feed

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Future Society

Desperate AI Startup Now Cleaning Messy Apartments for Free

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Beloved Grandmother Was Standing in Her Own House When a Tesla, Allegedly on Autopilot, Smashed Through the Wall and Killed Her in Grandchildren’s Playroom

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SpaceX

SpaceX Investors Are Losing a Colossal Amount of Money

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Mental Health

Research Suggests the Older You Get, the More Weed You Should Smoke

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Robotics

A New Store in Hong Kong Has No Human Employees, Just a Single Humanoid Robot

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Finance

A New Type of Gambling Scandal Is Sweeping Through Sports

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Electric Vehicles

Controversial MIT Study Investigates What’s Really Worse for the Environment: Gas or Electric Cars

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Pollution

Volunteer Under Investigation for Cleaning Polluted River Without a License, Faces Two Years in Prison

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Artificial Intelligence

Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers

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Meta

Meta Exec Admits Zuckerberg Has Crushed Workers’ Spirits

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Artificial Intelligence

New Law Would Give Artists Sweeping Protections Against AI Stealing Their Work

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Waymo Has Been Defeated by New York City

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Future Society

Companies That Embraced AI Are Now Rotting Away in a Very Specific Way

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Environment

Weather So Brutal That Dean Passes Out at College Graduation

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Privacy

Microsoft Announces New Feature That Narcs on You to Your Boss

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Ethics

TikTok Has Been Completely Taken Over by AI Slop

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Across the world, marriages are being destroyed as spouses use AI like OpenAI's ChatGPT to attack their partners.
Ethics

ChatGPT Is Blowing Up Marriages as Spouses Use AI to Attack Their Partners

Artificial Intelligence

Support Group Launches for People Suffering “AI Psychosis”

Artificial Intelligence

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

OpenAI

People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions

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