Former OpenAI Insider Says It’s Failed Its Users "People deserve more than just a company’s word that it has addressed safety issues."
By Victor Tangermann
Published Oct 29, 2025
Earlier this year, when OpenAI released GPT-5, it made a strident announcement: that it was shutting down all previous models.
There was immense backlash, because users had become emotionally attached to the more “sycophantic” and warm tone of GPT-5’s predecessor, GPT-4o. In fact, OpenAI was forced to reverse the decision, bringing back 4o and making GPT-5 more sycophantic.
The incident was symptomatic of a much broader trend. We’ve already seen users getting sucked into severe mental health crises by ChatGPT and other AI, a troubling phenomenon experts have since dubbed “AI psychosis.” In a worst-case scenario, these spirals have already resulted in several suicides, with one pair of parents even suing OpenAI for playing a part in their child’s death.
By Frank Landymore
Published Oct 30, 2025 9:06 AM EDT
Technology is ruining young kids. Parents don’t read to/with them anymore. More and more lately start school without knowing how to read.
“Mommy’s left the room! It’s time for Drag Queen Story Hour!”
If they play it backwards, it says “Get a job!”
Adolf Hitler implemented extensive programs to indoctrinate German youth starting in the 1930s, not just the 1940s [1, 2]. This was a core component of the Nazi regime’s efforts to shape the future of Germany according to their ideology.
Parenting cannot be automated.
When I lived in Hawaii I was friends with one of my clients and his whole family. He lived on the beach just outside Kaneohi. I would go visit frequently for dinner. I have a picture where all the kids and grandkids were in the large living room, the TV was blasting full valume, every single grandkid was on a tablet, the parents were all on tablets, and no one talked to anyone. The friends and elderly fols were all out in the back BBq going cooking up the day’s catch and ‘talk story.’ All the kids were on their tablets and phones. No one to blame but those parents that were buying those devices for the kids.
“…AI interlocutors that they develop severe delusions and suffer breaks with reality …”
I find it hard to believe that these people aren’t wrapped too tight to begin with.