Aaisha Alvi was sitting in a doctor’s office when she first heard the command. “Stab Lina! Stab Lina! Stab Lina!” At the same time, she saw a vision of a long carver knife plunging into her 4-year-old daughter Lina’s chest again and again. “I didn’t want to do what the voice was telling me, but … Read more
Consulting AI for medical advice can have deadly consequences. A 60-year-old man was hospitalized with severe psychiatric symptoms — plus some physical ones too, including intense thirst and coordination issues — after asking ChatGPT for tips on how to improve his diet. What he thought was a healthy swap ended in a toxic reaction so … Read more
A woman on TikTok is bravely sharing her experience living with schizophrenia. Last week, she detailed her hallucinatory symptoms in a post that went viral with more than 5.1 million views on the social media app. She employs her video editing skills to demonstrate the phenomenon — which she describes as seeing “black masses” rather … Read more