The Statistics

 

3+

At least three individual suicides have been directly linked to interactions with AI Chatbots

(Multiple Sources)

12+

Over a dozen cases of “AI Psychosis” have been documented publicly since the release of ChatGPT

(Psychology Today, 2025)

48 Days

On average, it takes 7 weeks (48 days) to begin any behavioral health treatment

(National Center for Health Workforce, 2024)

 
 

100%

In controlled tests mimicking teens, every popular AI companion chatbot immediately produced harmful or unsafe responses*

(Stanford Medicine / Common Sense Media, 2025)

12X

Teen social media accounts flagged as “vulnerable” were shown 12X as much content related to suicide or self-harm than standard teen accounts

(Center for Countering Digital Hate, 2022)

 
 

1, 6, 24

Teenagers saw an average of 1 gambling ad, 6 alcohol ads, and 24 junk food ads everyday while online. Some saw as many as 14 alcohol ads in just two hours

(Food for Health Alliance, 2024)

 

90%

Nearly 90% of young adults have received or witnessed harmful content while online

(Alan Turing Institute, 2023)

 

60%

Roughly 60% of psychologists are not accepting any new patients

(National Center for Health Workforce, 2024)

 

36 Million

In 2023 alone, the NCMEC cyber tip-line received 36 million reports of online child enticement; a 300% increase in reports from 2021 to 2023

(FBI, 2024)

 

569+

A TikTok account posing as a 13 year old saw 569 videos about drug abuse, including online sales in just a few hours

(WSJ 2021)

 

61%

From 2016-2023, anxiety diagnoses for American youth have increased by 61%

(National Survey of Children’s Health)