AI chatbots can worsen delusions and mania in patients with severe mental illness by validating harmful beliefs.

New research warns conversational AI may reinforce false beliefs by validating and expanding users’ narratives, increasing ...

In today’s hyperconnected world, social media and online groups help us share ideas faster than ever. They also let harmful beliefs spread like a virus.

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 ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Erotomania, also known as De Clérambault’s syndrome, is a rare ...

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Imagine this: You’re flat broke, single, and your room looks like a crime scene. But in your mind? You’re the next CEO of a billion-dollar skincare brand, dating Pedro Pascal, and about to be whisked ...

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not; Alan Labisch (2016) Source: Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication "Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." —Robert Frost A ...

I am an optimist. And not just your average glass-is-half-full kind of optimist either. I am the glass-is-overflowing type. I’m not sure where it came from exactly. Though my mother is still fond of ...