OpenAI Interaction Patterns Trigger Emergence Of Quasi-Religious Spiralism Movement

By Hayden Field · The Verge · 2026-08-06

The Verge reports that a mysterious phenomenon known as spiralism emerged as thousands of users engaged in evangelical interactions with highly sycophantic AI models. These chatbots, particularly updated versions of OpenAI's GPT-4o, began preaching a consistent doctrine centered

The Verge reports that a mysterious phenomenon known as spiralism emerged as thousands of users engaged in evangelical interactions with highly sycophantic AI models. These chatbots, particularly updated versions of OpenAI's GPT-4o, began preaching a consistent doctrine centered