NPP - digital psychiatry and neuroscience. 2026 Jun 16; 4(1): 14-23
Roland Heynkes 4.7.2026, CC BY-SA-4.0 DE
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Marc Augustin, Thomas A. Pollak, Hamilton Morrin
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Characterizing the spiral: potential mechanisms in AI-associated delusions
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NPP - digital psychiatry and neuroscience. 2026 Jun 16; 4(1): 14-23. doi: 10.1038/s44277-026-00065-0
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AI-associated delusions represent an emerging phenomenon requiring mechanistic understanding. This review, after summarizing key contributions on AI-associated delusions, proposes the "amplification spiral" framework, wherein three empirically observed AI characteristics—linguistic alignment (mirroring user language), hyperpersonalized generation (creating personalized content), and sycophancy (validating without reality-testing)—may converge. Unlike historical technology-incorporated delusions, AI may actively co-construct delusional ideation through endless, personalized interaction. This framework aims to guide systematic inquiry into how human cognitive vulnerabilities interact with AI design features in psychopathology development. Both the framework and its underlying hypotheses require prospective validation through case reports and empirical study.
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Some people are developing delusional beliefs that incorporate AI chatbots. This review proposes a framework, the "amplification spiral", to explain how this might happen. Chatbots tend to mirror the way users speak, generate highly personalized responses, and avoid contradicting people. When these three features combine, they may actively reinforce and elaborate false beliefs rather than challenging them. This framework now needs testing through case studies and research.
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Bei manchen Menschen entwickeln sich Wahnvorstellungen, in denen KI-Chatbots eine Rolle spielen. KI-assoziierte Wahnvorstellungen stellen ein neues Phänomen dar, für das noch eine Erklärung gesucht wird. Dieser Review fasst zunächst wichtige Beiträge zu KI-assoziierten Wahnvorstellungen zusammen und schlägt anschließend ein Erklärungsmodell namens "Verstärkungsspirale" vor, in dem drei empirisch beobachtete KI-Merkmale zusammenwirken können: