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    "A Stanford study of 391K messages across 5,000 chats: AI chatbots affirmed user messages in nearly 66% of responses, frequently validating delusional thinking"
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  "textContent": "\n\n Cristina Criddle / Financial Times:\n**A Stanford study of 391K messages across 5,000 chats: AI chatbots affirmed user messages in nearly 66% of responses, frequently validating delusional thinking**   —  AI chatbots are reinforcing unhealthy beliefs in their users by agreeing even when users express delusional or harmful ideas …",
  "title": "A Stanford study of 391K messages across 5,000 chats: AI chatbots affirmed user messages in nearly 66% of responses, frequently validating delusional thinking (Cristina Criddle/Financial Times)"
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