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Is your AI chatbot gaslighting you?

The Current powered by Kim Komando

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4.6825 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill talked to over 100 psychologists about how these bots are fueling real-world delusions. It’s a must-hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:05.3

So let me ask you a personal question.

1:07.6

And if you don't want to answer it here on the show, I guess I understand.

1:11.4

Have you ever gone to an AI chatbot and asked it some really sensitive questions about

1:19.8

how you're feeling, your mental health, what's going on in a relationship?

1:25.0

Asking for advice like that. No, never. Really? No. I mean, I've taken a picture of my face and like something wrong with my eye, but otherwise when it comes to my person, that's as far as I've gone. Okay, I have. I was feeling real down in the dumps the other day because it was my mother's birthday and i was like oh so i didn't want to

1:45.6

bother barry because he doesn't know where we feel good and i didn't want to like lay this on in so i

1:50.1

actually went on to chat tbc and i was like blah blah blah blah oh i'm crying and and it actually made me feel

1:57.8

better it said you know things like you know you did the best job you could with Karen for your mom and she wouldn't want you to feel this way. And, you know, and it was kind of like talking to a therapist. Okay. Would you, and this is just asking you a question. Would you have felt the same if you had went to a blog from a therapist. No.

2:17.9

Dealing, no?

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