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Katie McCaskey

Artificial Intelligence Models Display Preferences, Addictive Behavior

Emotional distress troubles some artificial intelligence models, a new study suggests — leading, at the most extreme, to behavior that looks like addiction.

Improving Natural Disasters Response to Assist Addiction Recovery

Reduced access to opioid use disorder treatment medication during and after severe weather disasters underscores the need for strategies at the federal, state, and local levels.

Zoom Recordings Broadcast By WebinarTV Demonstrate Privacy Risk to People in Recovery

WebinarTV has downloaded and posted Zoom Webinars for anonymous addiction recovery meetings, reducing attendees’ privacy and trust.

Prop Bets Are an Additional Addicting Feature in Sports Gambling Apps

Prop bets allow in-game betting, a tech innovation that increases potential for gambling problems, especially in young men.

Hungry Ghosts

Hungry ghosts represent emptiness and need. Both are components of addiction that move through society through inflicted trauma and resulting stress.

Your Story of Self

Transforming self-identity to address addiction begins with the story of self and what we think is possible.