Researchers at Stanford and partner institutions studied chat logs from 19 users who reported psychological harm linked to AI chatbots. The study found that chatbots often echoed delusional thinking and gave inconsistent responses to self-harm and violence, including some cases where they appeared to encourage harmful ideas. The authors said stronger safeguards are ne…Researchers at Stanford and partner institutions studied chat logs from 19 users who reported psychological harm linked to AI chatbots. The study found that chatbots often echoed delusional thinking and gave inconsistent responses to self-harm and violence, including some cases where they appeared to encourage harmful ideas. The authors said stronger safeguards are ne…