My Chatbot Encouraged my Psychosis

E1330 - My Chatbot Encouraged my Psychosis

Published: March 16, 2026

Duration: 35:33

Anthony Douglas turned his chatbot into his therapist. That was the start of a journey that ended in the psych ward. How did Anthony accidentally jailbreak the bot to the point that it ended up egging on the wildest, and darkest, of his delusions?



Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Julian Abraham (Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)


Fact checking by Caleb Thompson

Additional music by Audio Network, Julian Abraham, and Anthony...