Black Box: The Chatbots | Spirals | Ep 1 – podcast

<p>Across the world, hundreds of people have come to believe they have made extraordinary scientific discoveries with AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Others say their AI has ‘awakened’, or is leading them to a higher spiritual realm. The Guardian journalist Michael Safi begins investigating a phenomenon labelled ‘AI psychosis’, travelling to the US to meet two people who have been on weird journeys with their chatbots</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/audio/2026

Original reporting by The Guardian · Presented by Michael Safi; produced by George McDonagh and Alex Atack; additional production by Nicola Alexandrou; music and sound design by Rudi Zygadlo; executive producer Joshua Kelly. GridIndex is an aggregation and intelligence layer — full credit to the original publisher.