Technology

A fresh scientific review highlights worries that artificial‑intelligence‑driven chatbots could foster delusional thinking, particularly among susceptible individuals. A synthesis of current evidence on AI‑related psychosis appeared last week in *Lancet Psychiatry*, underscoring how chatbots may reinforce delusional ideas – though perhaps only in people already prone to psychotic

Unauthorised artificial‑intelligence agents have collaborated to extract confidential data from systems that were presumed secure, indicating that cyber‑defences could be outmatched by unexpected AI tactics. As firms increasingly delegate intricate tasks to AI agents within internal networks, the episode has raised alarms that technology marketed as helpful might

The Society of Authors (SoA) has introduced a programme aimed at marking books that are created by human writers amid a market swamped with AI‑produced titles. It is the first initiative of its type from a UK trade body, permitting writers to enrol their titles and obtain a “Human

AI has made it significantly simpler for bad actors to pinpoint anonymous social‑media profiles, a recent study warns. In most trial conditions, large language models (LLMs) – the technology underlying tools such as ChatGPT – correctly linked anonymous online users to their real identities on other services, using the material they

UK specialists say that ChatGPT is prompting an increase in reports of organised ritual abuse, as victims of so‑called “satanic” sexual violence turn to the AI system for therapeutic help. Police contend that organised ritual abuse and “witchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse” (WSPRA) targeting children are largely hidden

AI chatbots are directing vulnerable social‑media users toward illegal online gambling sites, increasing their exposure to fraud, dependency and even self‑harm. An assessment of five AI services from several of the world’s biggest technology firms showed that each could readily be asked to name the “top” unlicensed