They created a machine that makes people crazy!

OpenAI, for the first time, has released data in regard to the mental health of its users, and all signs point to ChatGPT being the most destabilizing product ever shipped by a tech company. And that’s if these numbers aren’t being underreported, which, sadly, is highly possible. 

According to Wired, 0.07% of ChatGPT users show signs of AI-induced psychosis and roughly 0.15% of users have shown signs of harmful ideation. I should note, this data isn’t lifetime, it’s weekly. Yes, 0.07% of weekly ChatGPT users experience psychosis or mania. 

I’m a psychiatrist.

In 2025, I’ve seen 12 people hospitalized after losing touch with reality because of AI. Online, I’m seeing the same pattern.

Here’s what “AI psychosis” looks like, and why it’s spreading fast: pic.twitter.com/YYLK7une3j

— Keith Sakata, MD (@KeithSakata) August 11, 2025

Earlier this month, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman bragged that ChatGPT has over 800 million users, which, if 0.07% of them are constantly clicking the “make me crazy” button, that’s roughly half a million people around the world slipping into mania every week thanks to ChatGPT. 

Shut it down, shut it down!