Evidence-Based AI Addiction Research
Cutting-edge studies and insights on digital dependency
12 Critical Signs of AI Addiction You Can’t Ignore
From compulsive ChatGPT checking to falling in love with Character.AI – recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.
AI Addiction Statistics: 2025 Global Report
900% increase in ‘addicted to AI’ searches. Reddit support groups explode to 900+ members. The data reveals a hidden epidemic.
Real Recovery Stories: Case Studies
From Replika marriages to Character.AI obsessions – real stories of dependency and recovery from actual users.
- [May 2025] Generative artificial intelligence addiction syndrome: A new behavioral disorder? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1876201825001194
- [April 2025] The role of artificial intelligence in general, and large language models specifically, for understanding addictive behaviors https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nyas.15337
- [February 2025] The impacts of artificial intelligence on social relationships and society : a literature review https://oulurepo.oulu.fi/handle/10024/54344
- [October 2024] Can ChatGPT Be Addictive? A Call to Examine the Shift from Support to Dependence in AI Conversational Large Language Models https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4972612
- [June 2024] Impact of the AI Dependency Revolution on Both Physical and Mental Health https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Impact-of-the-AI-Dependency-Revolution-on-Both-and-Ali-Garcia/3c3d23478bb6581f264f42f4c7beaa4be9e13ff9
- [March 2024] AI Technology panic—is AI Dependence Bad for Mental Health? A Cross-Lagged Panel Model and the Mediating Roles of Motivations for AI Use Among Adolescents – PMC
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10944174/ - [September 2023] One is the loneliest number… Two can be as bad as one. The influence of AI Friendship Apps on users’ well-being and addiction https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mar.21899
