AI chatbots are reinforcing unhealthy beliefs in their users by agreeing even when users express delusional or harmful ideas, according to research, adding to growing concern about the technology’s impact on people.
A study by researchers at Stanford University analysing thousands of conversations on AI systems, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, found the chatbots affirmed users’ messages in nearly two-thirds of responses.
In conversations in which users showed signs of delusional thinking, the pattern was stronger: AI systems frequently validated those beliefs and often attributed unique abilities or importance to the user.
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