Internal documents show that Microsoft wants to ‘make people addicted’ to its new Scout AI assistant. Scout is an agentic tool that can complete various tasks on your behalf. This language comes amid ...

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There are misconceptions about the addictiveness of cannabis and many users are struggling with dependency Amy knew it wasn’t great. But there she was, at the bottom of a dumpster, desperately ...

A teenager who became addicted to sunbeds at just 16 now fears she could be facing the consequences after noticing alarming changes to her skin. Megan Blain, 19, says concerns about skin cancer are ...

AI chatbots can grant almost any request—a celebrity in love with you, a research assistant, a book character sprung to life—instantly and with little effort. New research presented at the 2026 CHI ...

In contemporary society, we are quick to pathologize our behaviors. We jokingly call our fondness for cleaning “OCD,” sometimes argue that “we’re all a little autistic,” and haphazardly label our ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta's Instagram, testified Wednesday during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically ...

Lawyers for a now-20-year-old woman argued that addictive features harmed her mental health as opening statements began Monday in a landmark trial against Meta and YouTube, the first of hundreds of ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dr. Smita Das often hears the same myth: You can’t get hooked on pot. And the misconception has become more ...

The tendency to use cannabis is associated with genes linked to impulsive behavior, obesity, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, among other traits, according to a study released Monday by researchers ...

Have you ever seen a dog playing slot machines in a casino? Probably not, but you might have seen one that really likes to play with toys. A new study shows that there might not be much of a ...