Are you addicted to your AI chatbot? (science.ubc.ca)

New research presented at the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems suggests that the power of AI chatbots is fuelling AI addiction, and that chatbot design could be partly to blame.

i think always available 24/7 also a contributing factor

Yes. It's a continuous and steady flow of dopamine until you run out of tokens.

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