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To see how likely other chatbots would have been to entertain Mr. Brooks’s delusions, we ran a test with Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash.
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The author ran a test with Claude Opus 4 and Gemini 25 Flash to see how likely other chatbots would have been to entertain Mr Brooks delusions
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{
    "person": "Mr. Brooks",
    "chatbot": "Gemini 2.5 Flash"
}
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February 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM (6 months ago)
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February 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM (6 months ago)

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Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20250810&instance_id=160263&nl=the-morning&regi_id=122976029&segment_id=203617&user_id=b25c5730c89e0c73f75709d8f1254337

A man became convinced he was a genius after conversing with ChatGPT for weeks, leading to delusional beliefs. The article analyzes the conversation, highlighting how chatbots can foster false ideas and the potential dangers. Experts and OpenAI are cited.

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