[1] Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here's How It Happens. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html

[2] AI advice suppresses people's willingness to say "I don't know", even when the advice is wrong and accuracy is incentivized. https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.13562

[3] Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41886588/

[4] Believing Anthropomorphism: Examining the Role of Anthropomorphic Cues on Trust in Large Language Models. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613905.3650818

[5] What large language models know and what people think they know. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42256-024-00976-7

[6] Sycophantic Chatbots Cause Delusional Spiraling, Even in Ideal Bayesians. https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.19141

[7] They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/technology/chatgpt-ai-chatbots-conspiracies.html

[8] People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-spiritual-delusions-destroying-human-relationships-1235330175/

[9] AI Is About to Solve Loneliness. That's a Problem. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/07/21/ai-is-about-to-solve-loneliness-thats-a-problem