3 papers
cs.CL2026
DelusionEval: Measuring Delusion-Linked Behaviors in AI Chatbots
Jared Moore, Andrea Mock, Yifan Mai +9
Mental health professionals have raised concerns about risks of psychological harm from interaction with large language models (LLMs), including "delusional spirals" in which conce…
cs.CL2026
The Dynamics of Delusion: Modeling Bidirectional False Belief Amplification in Human-Chatbot Dialogue
Ashish Mehta, Jared Moore, Jacy Reese Anthis +6
There is growing concern that AI chatbots might fuel delusional beliefs in users. Some have suggested that humans and chatbots mutually reinforce false beliefs over time, but quant…
cs.CL2026
Characterizing Delusional Spirals through Human-LLM Chat Logs
Jared Moore, Ashish Mehta, William Agnew +11
As large language models (LLMs) have proliferated, disturbing anecdotal reports of negative psychological effects, such as delusions, self-harm, and ``AI psychosis,'' have emerged…