Klein, M.D., Ph.D., is a triple board-certified addiction medicine physician practicing in Pennsylvania at Caron Treatment Centers. Recently, I saw one version of the AI-enabled future of medicine. It ...

AI addiction is on the rise as more teens rely on chatbots for companionship and support. These tools are built to keep kids engaged, which can make it harder for them to disconnect and manage their ...

Avery is vice chair for addiction psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and host of the podcast Thriving With Addiction. I’m used to hearing from people who disagree with me about addiction. I wasn’t ...

If you are addicted to using an AI companion, then you need to pay attention. Here is how AI companion usage can slowly turn ...

AI isn’t just cooking—it’s reprogramming cravings. The food industry uses AI to engineer hyper-palatable foods that manipulate appetite and consumer behavior. GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, ...

It’s estimated that more than half of all of U.S. teens are regularly using companion chatbots powered by large language models and generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The programs, ...

Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular when a person cannot stop these behaviors despite experiencing negative ...