Tag: ethics

The cybersecurity community talks extensively about data breaches, malware, and system vulnerabilities. We spend countless hours protecting digital assets and user privacy. Yet something far more subtle is happening right under our noses, and it deserves our attention: the growing psychological dependency on AI chatbots and its implications for human wellbeing. Recent research from MIT Media Lab and OpenAI reveals troubling patterns among heavy chatbot users. Heavy use of ChatGPT was correlated with increased loneliness, emotional dependence, and reduced social interaction, particularly among the top 10 percent of users by...