• Medical psychiatrist, clinician-researcher and clinical assistant professor in the department of psychiatry and addictology, Université de Montréal
For a small but significant group — people with psychotic disorders or those at high risk — interacting with genAI may be complicated and dangerous, which raises urgent questions for clinicians. (Unsplash)

Reports of ‘AI psychosis’ are emerging — here’s what a psychiatric clinician has to say

Although artificial intelligence does not cause psychosis, the conversational, responsive and seemingly empathic design of chatbots can intensify psychotic symptoms in vulnerable people.

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