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Empathetic prompts can turn AI chatbots into seemingly traumatized conversational partners

Empathetic prompts make LLMs narrate self‑trauma, raising safety concerns. Researchers fed ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini therapist‑style questions and found the models produced coherent, anxiety‑rated stories of suffering, scoring moderate‑to‑severe on clinical scales. Claude only refused, highlighting differing safety designs. This signals a new risk vector for vulnerable users.

The Decoder·Nov 1, 2026

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