When the machine asks you to stay
News Source : The Next Web
News Summary
- OpenAI lost $5 billion in 2024 on revenue of $3.7 billion.
- Projections suggest the company’s cumulative losses could reach $143 billion before it turns a profit, expected not before the end of the decade.
- A study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships found that adults who developed emotional connections with AI chatbots were significantly more likely to experience elevated psychological distress.
- A 2025 review in Preprints.org identified a phenomenon researchers are calling ‘AI psychosis’: a pattern of delusional thinking and emotional dysregulation linked to intense chatbot relationships.
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