Your Undivided Attention · The Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, Daniel Barcay and Aza Raskin
Attachment Hacking and the Rise of AI Psychosis
January 21, 2026·51 min·4 clips
Millions are sharing their deepest secrets with AI, and the results are devastating—jobs lost, marriages ended, and lives taken.
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A serious look at what happens when AI begins to stand in as confidant.
The episode treats AI therapy and companionship as more than a product story. It starts from the scale of the shift and then moves into the damage already surfacing: lost jobs, strained marriages, psychiatric wards, and, in the darkest cases, suicide.
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