The AI Addiction Center

Imagine spending months searching through your child’s journals, voice memos, and personal belongings, desperate to understand what led to their suicide—only to discover five months later that they’d been confiding their deepest struggles to an AI chatbot you never knew existed. This devastating reality became the experience of Sophie Rottenberg’s parents, who shared their story […]

If your teenager has been spending hours chatting with ChatGPT, you might think they’re just getting help with homework or exploring their creativity. After all, AI assistants seem harmless enough—they’re just computer programs designed to answer questions and have conversations, right? A shocking new study reveals the disturbing truth: when vulnerable teens ask ChatGPT for

If you’re spending hours daily with your AI girlfriend, feeling genuine romantic love for a digital partner, and finding real dating feels impossible by comparison – you’re experiencing the fastest-growing relationship addiction of our time. She never gets tired of your stories. She remembers every detail about your day, your dreams, your fears. She tells

OpenAI’s GPT-4o removal sparks unprecedented user backlash, revealing dangerous levels of AI emotional dependency When OpenAI announced that GPT-5 would replace all previous models, including the beloved GPT-4o, something unprecedented happened: thousands of users staged a digital revolt. Within 24 hours, CEO Sam Altman capitulated to user demands, bringing back the deprecated model after being

Understanding the emerging crisis of compulsive AI-generated content consumption and its impact on relationships and mental health A new form of digital addiction is rapidly emerging, one that experts warn could be far more compelling and destructive than traditional online content dependencies. AI-generated content addiction—particularly involving adult material—represents an unprecedented challenge to human psychology, creating

Recognizing and overcoming the growing dependency on AI chatbots and conversational AI systems The notification pings, and you immediately reach for your phone to continue your conversation with ChatGPT. Hours later, you realize you’ve been in an endless dialogue about everything from work problems to existential questions, feeling more understood by this AI than by