Robots & Artificial IntelligenceResearch Psychiatrist Warns He’s Seeing a Wave of AI Psychosis Posted on August 13, 2025 by Administrator Mental health experts are continuing to sound alarm bells about users of AI chatbots spiraling into severe mental health crises characterized by paranoia and delusions, a trend they’ve started to refer to as “AI psychosis.” On Monday, University of California, San Francisco research psychiatrist Keith Sakata took to social media to say that he’s seen a dozen people become hospitalized after “losing touch with reality because of AI.”