# Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html?smid=url-share&unlocked_article_code=1.c08.54w6.gP_X77mbCwcB
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Chatbots-Can-Go-Into-a-Delusional-Spiral-Heres-How-It-Happens?index=0x689788b79169d00baa9fb3749b107934781359fcdfe2b3f6616297cdba2ec724aba2ea53
Submitted by misha on 2025-08-09 UTC, 1 upvote, 1 comment

## Comments

**misha**: This article should be a gift article, hope it works for you! It is quite an entertaining read, it sounds like AI companies are using what they learned from making addictive social media to design AI bots that encourage dependence on a subscription :)