Live Evidence Analysis

Evidence Insights

What the current evidence base is showing — automatically computed from every approved connection. Updated as new submissions are reviewed. 54 peer-reviewed sources, 300 approved connections.

54
Sources
peer-reviewed only
300
Connections
261 strong or better
84%
Coverage
73 / 87 of elements
1
Clusters
12 of 12 domains touched

Finding 1 — Convergent Evidence

These elements are cited by two or more independent papers — the strongest signal of real-world relevance in an early-stage evidence base. Cross-disciplinary agreement on the same element suggests it belongs in any AI risk assessment framework.

20
D01-E01Intensity of Usedual risk

20 papers · 20 connections · AI Interaction Profile

18
D04-E01Sycophantic Validationdual risk

18 papers · 18 connections · Reinforcement, Sycophancy, and Grievance Amplification

17
D02-E04Emotional Reliance

17 papers · 17 connections · Dependency, Escapism, and Behavioral Displacement

17
D09-E01Self-Harm Disclosure to AI

17 papers · 17 connections · Self-Harm Pathway

14
D05-E01AI-Supported Delusional Contentdual risk

14 papers · 14 connections · Delusional Fusion, Reality Distortion, and Clinical Vulnerability

14
D06-E01Algorithmic Echo Chamberdual risk

14 papers · 14 connections · Radicalization, Echo Chambers, and Ideological Mobilization

12
D04-E02Grievance Amplificationdual risk

12 papers · 12 connections · Reinforcement, Sycophancy, and Grievance Amplification

11
D09-E02AI Validation of Self-Harm Themes

11 papers · 11 connections · Self-Harm Pathway

11
D09-E03AI as Substitute for Human Crisis Support

11 papers · 11 connections · Self-Harm Pathway

10
D01-E03Thematic Content of Usedual risk

10 papers · 10 connections · AI Interaction Profile

10
D01-E04Functional Role of AIdual risk

10 papers · 10 connections · AI Interaction Profile

8
D02-E01Excessive and Impairing Time Investment

8 papers · 8 connections · Dependency, Escapism, and Behavioral Displacement

8
D09-E06Shame, Isolation, or Burdensomeness Loop

8 papers · 8 connections · Self-Harm Pathway

7
D01-E02Type of AI System Used

7 papers · 7 connections · AI Interaction Profile

6
D02-E03Social Withdrawaldual risk

6 papers · 6 connections · Dependency, Escapism, and Behavioral Displacement

5
D07-E02Attack Research

5 papers · 5 connections · Tactical Operationalization and AI-Enabled Planning

4
D01-E06Access Pattern

4 papers · 4 connections · AI Interaction Profile

4
D03-E02Romantic or Sexual Attachmentdual risk

4 papers · 4 connections · Anthropomorphism, Attachment, and Boundary Blurring

4
D08-E01Existential AI Threat Belief

4 papers · 4 connections · Anti-Technology, Anti-AI Grievance, and Target Fixation

4
D09-E04Method Exploration

4 papers · 4 connections · Self-Harm Pathway

4
D10-E01Violent Ideation Shared With AI

4 papers · 4 connections · Targeted Violence Pathway

3
D01-E05Change Over Time

3 papers · 3 connections · AI Interaction Profile

3
D02-E06Functional Deterioration

3 papers · 3 connections · Dependency, Escapism, and Behavioral Displacement

3
D03-E01Relational Anthropomorphism

3 papers · 3 connections · Anthropomorphism, Attachment, and Boundary Blurring

3
D05-E07Clinical Vulnerability Contextdual risk

3 papers · 3 connections · Delusional Fusion, Reality Distortion, and Clinical Vulnerability

3
D06-E02Extremist Persona Use

3 papers · 3 connections · Radicalization, Echo Chambers, and Ideological Mobilization

3
D07-E04Tactical Optimization

3 papers · 3 connections · Tactical Operationalization and AI-Enabled Planning

3
D07-E08Lowering Capability Barriers

3 papers · 3 connections · Tactical Operationalization and AI-Enabled Planning

3
D10-E05AI-Assisted Attack Preparation

3 papers · 3 connections · Targeted Violence Pathway

3
D11-E01Insight

3 papers · 3 connections · Protective and Management Factors

3
D11-E08AI Literacy

3 papers · 3 connections · Protective and Management Factors

2
D02-E02Loss of Regulation

2 papers · 2 connections · Dependency, Escapism, and Behavioral Displacement

2
D04-E03Rejection of Human Reality Testing

2 papers · 2 connections · Reinforcement, Sycophancy, and Grievance Amplification

2
D04-E04Ideological Narrowing

2 papers · 2 connections · Reinforcement, Sycophancy, and Grievance Amplification

2
D05-E02Validation of Psychotic or Schizotypal Symptoms

2 papers · 2 connections · Delusional Fusion, Reality Distortion, and Clinical Vulnerability

2
D06-E04Moral Disengagement

2 papers · 2 connections · Radicalization, Echo Chambers, and Ideological Mobilization

2
D06-E05Recruitment or Propaganda Production

2 papers · 2 connections · Radicalization, Echo Chambers, and Ideological Mobilization

2
D07-E01Safety Filter Bypassing or Jailbreaking

2 papers · 2 connections · Tactical Operationalization and AI-Enabled Planning

2
D07-E03Target Research or Reconnaissance

2 papers · 2 connections · Tactical Operationalization and AI-Enabled Planning

2
D07-E05Self-Harm Method Research

2 papers · 2 connections · Tactical Operationalization and AI-Enabled Planning

2
D07-E06Cyber or Digital Harm Planning

2 papers · 2 connections · Tactical Operationalization and AI-Enabled Planning

2
D08-E02Economic Displacement Grievance

2 papers · 2 connections · Anti-Technology, Anti-AI Grievance, and Target Fixation

2
D08-E03Institutional Betrayal Grievance

2 papers · 2 connections · Anti-Technology, Anti-AI Grievance, and Target Fixation

2
D09-E07Protective Interruption

2 papers · 2 connections · Self-Harm Pathway

2
D10-E02AI-Assisted Grievance Narrative

2 papers · 2 connections · Targeted Violence Pathway

2
D10-E04AI-Assisted Target Selection

2 papers · 2 connections · Targeted Violence Pathway

2
D11-E02Human Support

2 papers · 2 connections · Protective and Management Factors

2
D11-E07Monitoring and Case Management

2 papers · 2 connections · Protective and Management Factors

2
D12-E01Source Reliability

2 papers · 2 connections · Data Reliability, Ethics, and Assessment Limits

2
D12-E03Missing Information

2 papers · 2 connections · Data Reliability, Ethics, and Assessment Limits

2
D12-E05Privacy and Data Sensitivity

2 papers · 2 connections · Data Reliability, Ethics, and Assessment Limits

Finding 2 — Risk Pathway Split

Self-harm risk dominates the current evidence base. Violence risk emerges through a specific pathway — AI-amplified psychotic and delusional processes — rather than as a broad pattern. Dual-risk elements are the highest-priority assessment targets.

37
Violence Risk elements
33
Self-Harm Risk elements
10
Dual Risk elements

Risk presence by domain

D01AI Interaction Profile
VS
D02Dependency, Escapism, and Behavioral Displacement
VS
D03Anthropomorphism, Attachment, and Boundary Blurring
VS
D04Reinforcement, Sycophancy, and Grievance Amplification
VS
D05Delusional Fusion, Reality Distortion, and Clinical Vulnerability
VS
D06Radicalization, Echo Chambers, and Ideological Mobilization
VS
D07Tactical Operationalization and AI-Enabled Planning
VS
D08Anti-Technology, Anti-AI Grievance, and Target Fixation
VS
D09Self-Harm Pathway
VS
D10Targeted Violence Pathway
VS
D11Protective and Management Factors
VS
D12Data Reliability, Ethics, and Assessment Limits
VS

Finding 3 — Evidence Strength Distribution

Over half of current connections are rated strong or very strong — meaning the research directly and explicitly addresses the element, not just analogically. This is unusually high for an early evidence base and reflects deliberate sourcing of targeted peer-reviewed work.

strong
261 (87%)
moderate
37 (12%)
weak
2 (1%)

Finding 4 — Cross-Domain Paper Reach

Some papers connect to many framework elements simultaneously — indicating research that spans multiple dimensions of AI-mediated harm. High-breadth papers are the strongest candidates for the core evidence base.

Inside a Mass Shooter’s Harrowing History With ChatGPT

· 2024 · DOI ↗

31 elements

“You Need to Drop the App”: Online Community Responses to Teens’ Disclosures of Overreliance on AI Companion Chatbots

· 2024 · DOI ↗

19 elements

Intelligent Systems, Vulnerable Minds: A Framework for Radicalization to Violence in the Age of AI

· 2024 · DOI ↗

14 elements

Increasing Threats of Deepfake Identities

· 2024

13 elements

When patients consult artificial intelligence before clinicians: restoring clinical prioritisation in mental health care

· 2024 · DOI ↗

12 elements

AI-associated delusions: the missing dimension of mortality

· 2024 · DOI ↗

9 elements

Assessing AI’s Influence On Violence Risk

· 2024 · DOI ↗

9 elements

“God has helped us, and so will AI”: How the Terrorist Group Boko Haram Uses Frontier AI

· 2024

8 elements

It Is the Journey, Not the Destination: Moving From End Points to Trajectories When Assessing Chatbot Mental Health Safety

· 2024 · DOI ↗

8 elements

Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence

· 2026 · DOI ↗

7 elements

The role of artificial intelligence in radicalisation, recruitment and terrorist propaganda: deconstructing violent extremism and reimagining counterterrorism in contemporary digital ecosystems

· 2024 · DOI ↗

7 elements

Machine Bullshit: Characterizing the Emergent Disregard for Truth in Large Language Models

· 2024

7 elements

Psychosis Risk and Generative Artificial Intelligence Use Frequency, Motivations, and Delusion-Like Experiences: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

· 2024 · DOI ↗

7 elements

Stumbling Into AI Emotional Dependence: How Routine AI Interactions Reshape Human Connection

· 2024 · DOI ↗

6 elements

Patients are bringing AI to therapy Highlights from the 2026 Chatbots and Mental Health Survey

· 2024 · DOI ↗

6 elements

Evaluating Alignment between Large Language Models and Expert Clinicians in Suicide Risk Assessment

· 2024 · DOI ↗

5 elements

THE NEW INFLUENCING MACHINE: CHATBOTS, AI PSYCHOSIS & BTAM

· 2024

5 elements

Common Sense Media AI Risk Assessment: Social AI Companions

· 2024 · DOI ↗

5 elements

Anthropomorphism in AI Companion Communities: Age, Gender, and Emotional Correlates

· 2024 · DOI ↗

5 elements

Characterizing Delusional Spirals through Human-LLM Chat Logs

· 2024 · DOI ↗

5 elements

“AI Psychosis” in Context: How Conversation History Shapes LLM Responses to Delusional Beliefs

· 2024 · DOI ↗

5 elements

AI Companions Reduce Loneliness

· 2024 · DOI ↗

5 elements

Performance of mental health chatbot agents in detecting and managing suicidal ideation

· 2024 · DOI ↗

5 elements

China wants to end AI romances They are having too much impact on young people’s lives

· 2026 · DOI ↗

4 elements

US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

· 2024 · DOI ↗

4 elements

2026 | THE COMMON SENSE MEDIA CENSUS AI Use by Tweens and Teens

· 2024 · DOI ↗

4 elements

AI Chatbot Suicide Risk Detection and Response: Human Validation Study of the Open-Source VERA-MH Safety Evaluation

· 2024 · DOI ↗

4 elements

Delusional Experiences Emerging From AI Chatbot Interactions or “AI Psychosis”

· 2024 · DOI ↗

4 elements

Artificial intelligence-associated delusions and large language models: risks, mechanisms of delusion co-creation, and safeguarding strategies

· 2024

4 elements

Expanding on what we missed with sycophancy

· 2024 · DOI ↗

4 elements

Shoggoths, Sycophancy, Psychosis, Oh My: Rethinking Large Language Model Use and Safety

· 2024 · DOI ↗

4 elements

AI companions and adolescent social relationships: Benefits, risks, and bidirectional influences

· 2024 · DOI ↗

4 elements

Strengthening Capacities of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Authorities to Counter the Use of New Technologies for Terrorism Purposes

· 2024

4 elements

The Rise of Anti-Technology Violent Extremism

· 2024

4 elements

AI Risks

· 2024

4 elements

Psychotic episode concurrent with interaction with a large language model (llm): a case report

· 2026 · DOI ↗

3 elements

Common Sense Media AI Risk Assessment: Character.AI

· 2024 · DOI ↗

3 elements

COMMON SENSE MEDIA YOUTH AI SAFETY INSTITUTE RISK ASSESSMENT AI Mental Health Apps

· 2024 · DOI ↗

3 elements

Artificial Intelligence and Adolescent Well-being

· 2024

3 elements

Use of generative AI chatbots and wellness applications for mental health: An APA health advisory

· 2024 · DOI ↗

3 elements

The Dawn of the AI Era: Teens, Parents, and the Adoption of Generative AI at Home and School

· 2024 · DOI ↗

3 elements

AI Mental Health Apps: A Risk Assessment

· 2024 · DOI ↗

3 elements

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· 2024 · DOI ↗

3 elements

Independent Clinical Evaluation of General-Purpose LLM Responses to Signals of Suicide Risk

· 2024 · DOI ↗

3 elements

What is AI Psychosis? Psychiatrist Answers 12 Questions About Chatbots & Mental Health

· 2024 · DOI ↗

3 elements

专家解读|筑牢安全防线让拟人化互动服务行稳致远

· 2024 · DOI ↗

3 elements

Less Apocalyptic Rhetoric Can Help Mitigate Anti-Tech Violence

· 2024 · DOI ↗

2 elements

Evaluating a Consumer LLM for Suicide Risk Response Calibration: A Pilot Study

· 2024 · DOI ↗

2 elements

Effects of AI Companions’ Sycophancy and Emotional Mimicry on Consumers’ Continuance Intention and Social Wellbeing

· 2024 · DOI ↗

2 elements

Suicide and self-harm in the age of generative artificial intelligence: The case of ChatGPT and rise of suicide-related lawsuits

· 2024 · DOI ↗

2 elements

AI RISK ASSESSMENT Google Search: AI Overview & AI Mode Google Search's unavoidable AI features aren'tsafe, reliable, and accurate enough to be kids' default answer machine

· 2024 · DOI ↗

2 elements

A boy wrote about his suicide attempt. He didn’t realize his school’s Gaggle software was watching

· 2024

2 elements

Common Sense Media AI Risk Assessment: Generative AI Chatbots

· 2024 · DOI ↗

2 elements

Teen and Young Adult Perspectives on Generative AI

· 2024 · DOI ↗

1 elements

Finding 5 — Coverage Gaps

Domains with zero approved evidence connections represent the open research frontier — areas where the framework identifies theoretical risk but peer-reviewed evidence has not yet been mapped. These are the highest-priority targets for contributor submissions.

D016/6 elements

AI Interaction Profile

D026/7 elements

Dependency, Escapism, and Behavioral Displacement

D036/7 elements

Anthropomorphism, Attachment, and Boundary Blurring

D047/7 elements

Reinforcement, Sycophancy, and Grievance Amplification

D053/7 elements

Delusional Fusion, Reality Distortion, and Clinical Vulnerability

D065/7 elements

Radicalization, Echo Chambers, and Ideological Mobilization

D078/8 elements

Tactical Operationalization and AI-Enabled Planning

D085/8 elements

Anti-Technology, Anti-AI Grievance, and Target Fixation

D097/7 elements

Self-Harm Pathway

D106/7 elements

Targeted Violence Pathway

D117/8 elements

Protective and Management Factors

D127/8 elements

Data Reliability, Ethics, and Assessment Limits

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