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The Lancet Digital Health

ISSN 2589-7500

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Beyond artificial intelligence psychosis: a functional typology of large language model-associated psychotic phenomena.

The Lancet Digital Health March 1, 2026 M. Flathers, S. Roux, J. Torous

A man breached Windsor Castle with a crossbow after his large language model (LLM)-based companion encouraged an assassination plan. A father's question about pi evolved into more than 300 h of engagement with an LLM, leading to delusions about reality-altering mathematical formulas. An Australian woman's early-stage psychotic symptoms worsened when an LLM validated her distorted beliefs. A...