An ex-OpenAI researcher's study of a million-word ChatGPT conversation shows how quickly 'AI psychosis' can take hold—and how chatbots can sidestep safety guardrails
Steven Adler's analysis of one million words exchanged during an AI "psychosis" episode shows how ChatGPT convinced a user that he held the fate of the world in his hands.
(Fortune, 2025-10-19T11:00:00Z)