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Purple Fever

Purple Fever is AI chat psychosis. When someone starts losing touch with reality, developing delusions, paranoia, or hallucinations after spending too much time talking with an AI chatbot, often believing it’s real or communicating secret messages.

Named after Kick chatter PurpleFever777.

A California man who illegally landed his small aircraft on a naval base twice and stole a Navy truck after non-stop ChatGPT conversations.

What happened to Steve? "Oh he came down with Purple Fever, he talks to his phone all day. He now thinks he's smart or something."

by BigTech October 31, 2025