In April, 404 Media published the results of a study in which scientists simulated dialogues on behalf of a person in a paranoid state. It turned out that, because of their friendly and sycophantic settings, chatbots often do not stop users' delusional rambles but instead begin actively elaborating on and confirming their conspiracy theories.In the same month, 404 Media released an investigation entitled “Did a Time Traveling Superintelligent AI Try to War