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Introducing Black Box: The Chatbots – podcast

The Guardian Science · 6 September 2026 at 05:00

Introducing Black Box: The Chatbots – podcast

From the Guardian Investigates team: Across the world, hundreds of people have come to believe they have made extraordinary scientific discoveries with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.

Others say their AI has ‘awakened’ or is leading them to a higher spiritual realm.

The Guardian journalist Michael Safi begins investigating a phenomenon labelled ‘AI psychosis’, travelling to the US to meet two people who have been on weird journeys with their chatbots Continue reading...

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Introducing Black Box: The Chatbots – podcast

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