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Last updated: August 8, 2026

54

Approved Papers

300

Element Connections

12

Domains Active

0

Observations

Evidence by Domain

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

Most Evidenced Elements

1
D01-E01Intensity of Use
20
2
D04-E01Sycophantic Validation
18
3
D09-E01Self-Harm Disclosure to AI
17
4
D02-E04Emotional Reliance
17
5
D06-E01Algorithmic Echo Chamber
14
6
D05-E01AI-Supported Delusional Content
14

Milestones Reached

🔬 First evidence paper approved📄 First 5 papers in evidence base🔟 10 papers milestone reached📚 25 papers — growing corpus🔗 25+ element connections mapped⚡ 50 connections milestone🗺️ All domains have evidence

Recently Approved Evidence

T6

The Rise of Anti-Technology Violent Extremism

Homeland Security Human Factors Institute, 2026. The Rise of Anti-Technology Violent Extremism. Homeland Security Human Factors Institute.

Aug 2026

T6

Inside a Mass Shooter’s Harrowing History With ChatGPT

Mark Follman, 2024. Inside a Mass Shooter’s Harrowing History With ChatGPT. Mother Jones.

Aug 2026

T6

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

Kaiqu Liang, Haimin Hu, Xuandong Zhao, Dawn Song, Thomas L. Griffiths, Jaime Fernández Fisac, 2024. Machine Bullshit: Characterizing the Emergent Disregard for Truth in Large Language Models. Preprint, arXiv:2507.07484v1.

Aug 2026

T3

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

Mohammad (Matt) Namvarpour, Ananya Mhetras, Jessica Y Medina, Mamtaj Akter, and Afsaneh Razi, 2026. “You Need to Drop the App”: Online Community Responses to Teens’ Disclosures of Overreliance on AI Companion Chatbots. In ACM Conversational User Interfaces 2026 (CUI ’26), July 21–24, 2026, Bremen, Germany. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 16 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3816046.3816214

Aug 2026

T5

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

Yudai Kaneda, 2026. When patients consult artificial intelligence before clinicians: restoring clinical prioritisation in mental health care. The British Journal of Psychiatry, First View, pp. 1 - 2. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2026.10741

Aug 2026

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