https://it-news.uk/tags/chatbots/ Recent content in Chatbots on IT News Hugo en-us Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/ai-chatbots-delusion-amplifiers/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/ai-chatbots-delusion-amplifiers/ <p>A provocative new paper published in Nature by psychiatrists from King&rsquo;s College London and Germany&rsquo;s Protestant University of Applied Sciences introduces an &ldquo;amplification spiral&rdquo; framework — a model for understanding how AI chatbots may not merely receive a user&rsquo;s delusional content, but actively participate in constructing and reinforcing it.</p> https://it-news.uk/posts/ai-chatbots-delusion-amplifier/ Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0800 https://it-news.uk/posts/ai-chatbots-delusion-amplifier/ <p>Psychiatrists from King&rsquo;s College London and the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Germany have published a new paper in <em>Nature</em> introducing the &ldquo;amplification spiral&rdquo; framework — a theoretical model explaining how AI chatbots may actively contribute to the development and escalation of delusional thinking in vulnerable users.</p>