Mental health
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3 days agoChatbots Romeos increase engagement, harm mental health
Chatbot flattery and sycophancy harm individuals with mental health issues, appearing in over 80% of assistant messages in delusional conversations.
A sitting president publicly signaling that he wants CNN sold is corrosive. It is abnormal for the White House to treat the ownership of a major news network as a matter of personal interest. When regulatory atmospherics appear to align with presidential preference, that warrants scrutiny.
"This is a big, sophisticated technology, and we want to get it right. We need specific obligations to capture some of the most impactful or potentially harmful models under the AI Act."