Their findings suggest that chatbots have a unique ability to turn a benign, delusion-like thought into a dangerous obsession. But the research struggles to answer a vital question: does AI cause delusions or merely amplify them? Read the full story to understand the answer’s enormous implications. 

—James O’Donnell 

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The must-reads 

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 

1 OpenAI has admitted its close ties with Microsoft are a business risk 
It highlighted the dangers in a pre-IPO document. (CNBC) 
+ OpenAI is wooing private equity firms with a sweeter deal than Anthropic’s. (Reuters $) 
+ It’s also building a fully automated researcher. (MIT Technology Review) 
+ And wants to muscle in on Google’s search dominance. (Telegraph $)