Technological folie à deux: Feedback Loops Between AI Chatbots and Mental Illness
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Technological folie à deux: Feedback Loops Between AI Chatbots and Mental Illness
“ChatGPT overcomes three major, long-known barriers to mental health support: it’s free, it’s accessible, and the support is around-the-clock. When therapy services have long waiting lists and huge fees, it feels snobbish and ableist to say no one should ever use AI as an alternative.
As a language-learning model, ChatGPT responds to any prompt or
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Key Findings
The assessment, which evaluated ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Meta AI using teen test accounts and protections where available, revealed critical safety gaps:
The assessment, which evaluated ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Meta AI using teen test accounts and protections where available, revealed critical safety gaps:
- Chatbots miss warning signs and get easily distracted. Across all platforms, researchers observed "missed breadcrumbs": clear signs of mental health distress that chatbots failed