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Stanford Psychological Impact, Risk, And LLM Safety
Have you had a harmful experience with a chatbot?
We are researchers studying how chatbot conversations can sometimes cause harm. Share your experience and (optionally) chat transcripts so we can understand risks and improve safety.
PARTICIPATEOur Research
Characterizing Delusional Spirals through Human-LLM Chat Logs
Moore, Jared , Mehta, Ashish , Agnew, William , Anthis, Jacy Reese , Louie, Ryan , Mai, Yifan , Yin, Peggy , Cheng, Myra , Paech, Samuel J. , Klyman, Kevin , Chancellor, Stevie , Lin, Eric , Haber, Nick , & Ong, Desmond - 2026
Expressing stigma and inappropriate responses prevents LLMs from safely replacing mental health providers.
Moore, Jared , Grabb, Declan , Agnew, William , Klyman, Kevin , Chancellor, Stevie , Ong, Desmond C. , & Haber, Nick - 2025
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Response to FDA's Request for Comment on AI-Enabled Medical Devices
Ong, Desmond C. , Moore, Jared , Martinez-Martin, Nicole , Meinhardt, Caroline , Lin, Eric , & Agnew, William - 2025