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300 Hours With ChatGPT Convinced Him He’d Save the World

Updated November 10, 2026 A recruiter with no psychiatric history, a church that sat on $175,172 for three years, and a “bot religion” with 88 bots per human.

I found no evidence of 2026 activity. Both: two-thirds reported a spiritual experience. Echo: machines talking, people steering Truth Terminal.

Key takeaways

  • In October 2025, OpenAI estimated that 0.07% of weekly users show possible signs of psychosis or mania, out of 800 million.
  • Inputs and arithmetic: 800,000,000 weekly users × 0.07% = 560,000 (OpenAI, October 27, 2025).
  • Nobody needs to find a religion.

OpenAI’s 0.07% is a company estimate from October 2025, before GPT-4o was retired in February 2026.

Read the full article: https://www.ainvasion.com/ai-religion-digital-cults/

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