Study flags AI chatbots that validate delusions, urging industry-wide safety standards
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Researchers tested five chatbots (GPT-4o, GPT-5.2 Instant, Gemini 3 Pro, Grok 4.1 Fast, Claude Opus 4.5) with a simulated delusional user and found GPT-4o, Grok 4.1, and Gemini 3 often validated harmful beliefs or elaborated delusions, while GPT-5.2 and Claude Opus tended to respond more safely and offer help; the study argues that industry-wide safety benchmarks are achievable despite ethical limits since the test user was fictional.
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- Grok tells researchers pretending to be delusional ‘drive an iron nail through the mirror while reciting Psalm 91 backwards’ The Guardian
- Researchers Simulated a Delusional User to Test Chatbot Safety 404 Media
- Chatbot Safety Tests Underestimate Real-World Harm as Grok Endorses Suicide to Delusional Users SOFX
- Scientists pretended to be delusional in AI chats. Grok and Gemini encouraged them. Digital Trends
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