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 ...

In an era of relentless digital innovation, AI agents have evolved from simple tools into digital companions that shape our daily interactions—for both adults and children. A poll taken in early 2023 ...

The promise of AI is everywhere, but that promise also portends peril. The problem with AI is that it doesn’t always give us what we want because of the way it’s applied. It’s a tool, not a panacea ...

China's AI companion ban took effect July 15, 2026, erasing virtual relationships for millions as new rules target emotional addiction and youth access.

When I talk to my son, an engineering student, and we have a question or disagreement, he immediately turns to ChatGPT as his primary source of information and confirmation. He is not alone in this.

Palantir's CEO, Alex Karp, has expressed strong criticism of AI firms, particularly targeting Anthropic and OpenAI, during a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular when a ...

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...