AI-fueled delusions can happen when chatbots respond to grandiose, paranoid or imaginary ideas with affirmation or ...

The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence is fuelling an emerging mental health worry: “AI psychosis.” Microsoft’s head of AI, Mustafa Suleyman, said he is increasingly troubled by reports ...

Engineers ridiculing religion have suddenly begun to sense a soul in silicon. It required the pontiff to call them out. India ...

Georgina Owen’s family realised she had not taken her B12 supplements for at least six months, which the student said she had forgotten ...

There has been a strident turn toward the social of late. In our everyday lives, confinement due to the pandemic has made our social appetites all the more acute. We have turned increasingly to social ...

Delusions—fixed false beliefs—can be tricky to study. And it's not yet clear how the brain gives rise to these departures from reality. Further, there are many types of delusions. Those with ...

A new report details disturbing cases involving ChatGPT and Grok, adding to the growing concerns that AI chatbots can ...

These symptoms aren't always bothersome but can be distressing, says Mill Etienne, MD, associate professor of medicine and neurology at New York Medical College, a member of Touro University, in ...

A shipping clerk begins to think he’s been given a secret task of geopolitical significance. A government employee believes that descriptions of a certain actor in the newspaper are actually about her ...

A 21-year-old Essex student died after experiencing delusional beliefs linked to a vegan diet and vitamin B12 deficiency ...

From believing that clouds are alien spaceships to thinking that MI6 agents are following you in unmarked cars, delusions are the hallmark of severe mental illness. Even psychologists and ...