Generative A.I. Chatbots — Kashmir Hill

Artificial Realities

After ChatGPT became the fastest growing consumer product in history, generative A.I. chatbots took over people’s lives. Sometimes literally. I wrote about how chatbots were affecting people, sometimes in tragic ways. And talked about it on The Daily.

I put generative A.I. in charge of my life for a week

She fell in love with ChatGPT

Professors are using ChatGPT and some students aren't happy about it

What teens are really doing with those chatbots

They asked ChatGPT questions. The answers sent them spiraling.

How ChatGPT tipped me off to the fact that it was driving people crazy

Over 21 days of talking with ChatGPT, an otherwise perfectly sane man became convinced that he was a real-life superhero. We analyzed the conversation.

A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in.

What OpenAI did when users lost touch with reality

How bad are A.I. delusions? We asked the people treating them.

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