From The Guardian:
ChatGPT is driving a rise in reports of organised and ritual abuse, UK experts have said, as survivors of “satanic” sexual violence use the AI tool for therapy.
Police say organised and ritual abuse, and “witchcraft, spirit possession and spiritual abuse” (WSPRA) against children, is under-reported in the UK. Gabrielle Shaw, the chief executive of the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac), said there had been a “sustained rise” in reports to them of ritual abuse over the last 18 months, with an increasing number of people saying they had been led to report it by AI. Shaw said: “Over the last six months to a year, we’re getting people contacting the Napac support line saying: ‘I was referred to you by ChatGPT’. People are using AI, ChatGPT as a form of therapy and exploration. There are mixed feelings about that, but if it’s a route into support, that has to be a good thing.