Robots & Artificial IntelligenceAI chatbots triggering terrifying new mental illness in once healthy people, top expert warns – are YOU at risk? Posted on August 23, 2025 by Administrator Microsoft’s artificial intelligence chief has warned of a rise in ‘AI psychosis’, where people believe chatbots are alive or capable of giving them superhuman powers. In a series of startling posts on X, Mustafa Suleyman said that reports of delusions linked to AI use were growing. ‘Reports of delusions, AI psychosis, and unhealthy attachment keep rising,’ he wrote, adding that this was ‘not something confined to people already at-risk of mental health issues.’