As reports of its chatbot driving episodes of “AI psychosis” continue to mount, OpenAI has finally released its own estimates of how many ChatGPT users are showing signs of suffering these alarming mental health crises — and they’re staggering in scale.

In an announcement first reported by Wired, the Sam Altman-led company estimated that, in any given week, around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis and mania.” Grimly, an even larger contingent, 0.15 percent, “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicide planning or intent.”

Given ChatGPT’s immense popularity, these percentages are too significant to be ignored. Last month, Altman announced that the chatbot boasts 800 million weekly active

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