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It’s unclear where we go from here, but if today’s lawsuits over the addictiveness and harms of social media are any indication, we’ll potentially see years of disagreement—and damage—before AI companies face real consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

YouTube already face hundreds of lawsuits filed on behalf of children and school districts about the addictiveness of social media.

From Reuters • Oct. 24, 2023

The addictiveness of “Baldur’s Gate III” is that you could choose to do none of these things or you could do all of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2023

Beneath the truth-telling and addictiveness of these podcasts, what we see is death and tragedy yielding profit for others.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2021

Here are some other ingredients to Codenames’ addictiveness: Games are short, so there are no hard feelings if you lose!

From Slate • Nov. 28, 2018