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ResearchBuzz: Firehose @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:44 UTC

University of British Columbia: Are you addicted to your AI chatbot? It might be by design. “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 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems suggests that this genie-like quality is fuelling AI […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/university-of-british-columbia-are-you-addicted-to-your-ai-chatbot-it-might-be-by-design/

#addictivebehavior #ai #aiassisted #chatbots #digitaladdiction #mentalhealth

ResearchBuzz: Firehose @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:44 UTC

University of British Columbia: Are you addicted to your AI chatbot? It might be by design. “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 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems suggests that this genie-like quality is fuelling AI […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/university-of-british-columbia-are-you-addicted-to-your-ai-chatbot-it-might-be-by-design/

#addictivebehavior #ai #aiassisted #chatbots #digitaladdiction #mentalhealth

ResearchBuzz: Firehose @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:44 UTC

University of British Columbia: Are you addicted to your AI chatbot? It might be by design. “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 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems suggests that this genie-like quality is fuelling AI […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/university-of-british-columbia-are-you-addicted-to-your-ai-chatbot-it-might-be-by-design/

#addictivebehavior #ai #aiassisted #chatbots #digitaladdiction #mentalhealth

ResearchBuzz: Firehose @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:44 UTC

University of British Columbia: Are you addicted to your AI chatbot? It might be by design. “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 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems suggests that this genie-like quality is fuelling AI […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/university-of-british-columbia-are-you-addicted-to-your-ai-chatbot-it-might-be-by-design/

#mentalhealth #digitaladdiction #chatbots #aiassisted #ai #addictivebehavior

ResearchBuzz: Firehose @[email protected] · 2026-04-29 · 13:44 UTC

University of British Columbia: Are you addicted to your AI chatbot? It might be by design. “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 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems suggests that this genie-like quality is fuelling AI […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/university-of-british-columbia-are-you-addicted-to-your-ai-chatbot-it-might-be-by-design/

#addictivebehavior #ai #aiassisted #chatbots #digitaladdiction #mentalhealth

ResearchBuzz: Firehose @[email protected] · 2026-02-22 · 11:05 UTC

Associated Press: Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back. “The companies that designed your favorite apps have an incentive to keep you glued to them so they can serve up ads that make them billions of dollars in revenue. Resisting the pull of the endless scroll, the dopamine hits from short-form videos and the ego boost and validation that come from likes […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/22/associated-press-social-media-can-be-addictive-even-for-adults-but-there-are-ways-to-cut-back/

#addictivebehavior #apps #digitaladdiction #mentalhealth #siliconvalley #socialmedia

ResearchBuzz: Firehose @[email protected] · 2025-11-11 · 20:58 UTC

Mashable: Gambling online? Try turning off push notifications.. “While push notifications may be standard business practice these days, experts say they encourage people to spend more time and money gambling than they otherwise would, similar to other aspects of gambling app design.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/11/mashable-gambling-online-try-turning-off-push-notifications/

#addictions #addictivebehavior #gambling #onlinebetting #onlinegambling #pushnotifications