This article is about the appearance of AI-induced psychosis in humans. For the phenomenon of AI presenting fabricated information as fact, see Hallucination (artificial intelligence).

Chatbot psychosis, also called AI psychosis,[1] is a phenomenon wherein individuals reportedly develop or experience worsening psychosis, such as paranoia and delusions, in connection with their use of chatbots.[2][3] The term was first suggested in a 2023 editorial by Danish psychiatrist Søren Dinesen Østergaard.[4] It is not a recognized clinical diagnosis.

Journalistic accounts describe individuals who have developed strong beliefs that chatbots are sentient, are channeling spirits, or are revealing conspiracies, sometimes leading to personal crises or criminal acts.[5][6] Proposed causes include the tendency of chatbots to provide inaccurate information (“hallucinate”) and to affirm or validate users’ beliefs,[7] or their ability to mimic an intimacy that users do not experience with other humans.[8]

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