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DATE: May 11, 2026 at 04:30AM
SOURCE: STAT NEWS MENTAL HEALTHTITLE: Opinion: What addiction medicine can teach us about depending on AI
I’m used to hearing from people who disagree with me about addiction. I wasn’t expecting to hear from them about artificial intelligence.
I host a podcast about addiction, where disagreement is part of the job. When I interview someone in recovery, listeners tell me I was too sympathetic to 12-step programs — or not sympathetic enough. When we discuss medications, some argue they save lives; others insist recovery should be “drug-free.”
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Making AI chatbots friendly leads to mistakes and support of conspiracy theories
#HackerNews #AIchatbots #FriendlyMistakes #ConspiracyTheories #TechnologyEthics #OnlineDisinformation
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AI Is Not the Enemy. Misuse Is.
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — April 25, 2026
Artificial intelligence is being treated by some people as if it is a demon hiding inside a machine.
That is the wrong frame.
AI is not human. It is not a spouse, a friend, a minister, a therapist, or a family member. It should not be treated as a replacement for human connection.
But it can still help people survive moments when human connection is not available.
That matters.
Grief does not wait for office hours. Panic does not wait for someone to answer the phone. Loneliness does not pause because the rest of the world is asleep.
In those moments, AI can serve as a sounding board. It can help a person organize pain into language. It can turn emotional static into sentences. It can help someone think clearly enough to make it through the next hour.
That is not replacing people.
That is helping someone remain steady long enough to reach people again.
The real danger is not AI itself. The danger is misuse, dependency, manipulation, and pretending that a tool is a human relationship. Those concerns are real and should not be dismissed.
But the opposite mistake is just as dangerous.
If we treat every use of AI as isolation, we ignore the ways it can help people communicate better, remember more clearly, and process difficult situations without falling apart.
At its best, AI does not build a wall between people.
It builds a bridge between confusion and speech.
It helps people find the words they could not find alone.
That is not a demon.
That is a tool.
And tools, used wisely, can help human beings endure.
If this work helps you understand what’s happening, help me keep it going: https://www.patreon.com/cw/WPSNews
For more from Cliff Potts, see https://cliffpotts.org
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California law requires AI to tell you it's AI: California's SB-243, signed October 13, 2025, mandates companion chatbots disclose artificial nature to prevent users believing they're talking to humans. https://ppc.land/california-law-requires-ai-to-tell-you-its-ai/ #CaliforniaLaw #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbots #AIRegulations #TechnologyEthics
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California law requires AI to tell you it's AI: California's SB-243, signed October 13, 2025, mandates companion chatbots disclose artificial nature to prevent users believing they're talking to humans. https://ppc.land/california-law-requires-ai-to-tell-you-its-ai/ #CaliforniaLaw #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbots #AIRegulations #TechnologyEthics
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California law requires AI to tell you it's AI: California's SB-243, signed October 13, 2025, mandates companion chatbots disclose artificial nature to prevent users believing they're talking to humans. https://ppc.land/california-law-requires-ai-to-tell-you-its-ai/ #CaliforniaLaw #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbots #AIRegulations #TechnologyEthics
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California law requires AI to tell you it's AI: California's SB-243, signed October 13, 2025, mandates companion chatbots disclose artificial nature to prevent users believing they're talking to humans. https://ppc.land/california-law-requires-ai-to-tell-you-its-ai/ #CaliforniaLaw #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbots #AIRegulations #TechnologyEthics
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California law requires AI to tell you it's AI: California's SB-243, signed October 13, 2025, mandates companion chatbots disclose artificial nature to prevent users believing they're talking to humans. https://ppc.land/california-law-requires-ai-to-tell-you-its-ai/ #CaliforniaLaw #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbots #AIRegulations #TechnologyEthics
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"His mobile phone, which is required for the two-step authentication process to verify his identity cards, is held by police."
I have ALWAYS thought #twoFactor created personal vulnerabilities, particularly but not exclusively when travelling abroad. I (stupidly) hadn't thought about how it facilitates autocratic policies such as ethnic cleansing. Much like #AISurveillance.
#giftArticle in previous toot.