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Google DeepMind's CEO says AI could repeat the toxic pitfalls of social media — will it make the same click-chasing mistakes?

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis warns that AI could repeat social media’s toxic patterns of addiction, division, and manipulation.

Windows Central

Wealthy, whiny and wildly tone deaf: Elizabeth Gilbert’s new memoir exemplifies ‘priv-lit’

Two years ago, I lost my five-year-old niece Emily to neuroblastoma: a rare and aggressive childhood cancer with one of the longest, most aggressive, and most toxic treatment protocols of any paediatric cancer.

The Conversation

Concussion, identity loss, depression: boxing’s toughest opponent isn’t in the ring – it’s mental health

Ricky Hatton’s death has reignited an all-too-familiar conversation about mental health in sport. Hatton had spoken openly about his long battle with depression, as well as the drug and alcohol addiction that began after his 2007 defeat to Floyd Mayweather.

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Bjorn Borg: How the ice-cool king of Wimbledon descended into a secret life of drugs and alcohol

Borg was a picture of composure who conquered tennis before his shock retirement aged 26. His new memoir opens up on his cancer battle and reveals a long struggle with addiction that he hid from the world

The Independent UK

Psychedelics Are Not Just for Hippies and Tech Bros

Author Joe Dolce explains how psychedelics are moving from counterculture to mainstream, with new science, shifting laws, and surprising therapies that promise to change how we treat addiction, anxiety, and self-discovery.

Reason

Trump pushed for grisly anti-fentanyl ads airing now

Trump aides say the president wanted hard-edged portrayals of death and addiction that he believes would draw a reaction from viewers.

Axios

What correctional officers think about harm-reduction services for incarcerated people with drug addictions

Opioids, including the best known — morphine, heroin and fentanyl — have been gaining popularity over the last few decades. Although officially banned, these painkillers still find their way into prisons either via drones or with visitors. The result is that more and more prisoners are using opioids.

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Utah Governor Calls Social Media 'Cancer' Amid Charlie Kirk's Death, Slams Tech Companies As 'Conflict Entrepreneurs'

Utah Governor Spencer Cox criticized technology companies for fostering division and addiction among Americans. Cox’s comments come in the wake of the tragic death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

Benzinga

Pete Doherty refused to reform Babyshambles over addiction fears

Pete Doherty has admitted he didn't reform Babyshambles for more than a decade over fears he could be plunged back into addiction.

BANG Premier

The mayor of a French village tried to ban smartphones in public. Now he fears voters will throw him out of office

IN FOCUS: Governments across the world are considering limiting smartphone use in the classrooms and beyond to prevent a growing addiction to screens. But in the sleepy village of Seine-Port, a ban on scrolling has caused a backlash, Harriette Boucher reports

The Independent UK

Lola Young is 'more empathetic' since battling addiction

Pop star Lola Young has opened up about her struggle with addiction issues revealing she's become "more empathetic" and has learned "a lot" while working on "some internal healing".

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Did Elizabeth Gilbert really try to murder her dying addict girlfriend?

All the Way to the River is a revelatory new memoir from the Eat Pray Love author

Evening Standard

‘Addiction teaches you a lot’: breakout pop star Lola Young on sex, substances and self-loathing

The south Londoner’s honesty about her vices has made her a gen Z hero: she was in rehab when her biggest hit was blowing up. Singing about sex on her new album, she says, is a way to mask the pain

The Guardian - UK

Fox Business star and former Trump adviser Larry Kudlow opens up about battle with drug addiction

Kudlow admitted to getting ‘caught up in the zeitgeist’ of Wall Street in the 1980s and ‘90s

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Alex Karp Slams Modern Progressivism As Broken, Warns It Keeps Working Class Poor With Failing Policies On Borders, Drugs, Crime

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) CEO Alex Karp is targeting modern progressivism, arguing that the movement has abandoned the working class while promoting policies that exacerbate poverty, crime and drug addiction.

The Guardian - UK

AKA Charlie Sheen review – he shows no genuine remorse for all the terrifying things he’s done

This flimsy tell-all about the actor’s decades-long addiction to pills, alcohol and crack-cocaine is far too light on contrition or self-reflection. You pity everyone around him

The Independent UK

Everything we learnt from Charlie Sheen’s brutally honest memoir and documentary

New book charts the actor’s tumultuous career and public battles with addiction

The Independent UK

She was the queen of the spiritual memoir – so how did Elizabeth Gilbert end up plotting to murder her girlfriend?

THE READING LIST: The beloved author behind ‘Eat Pray Love’ returns with a beguiling tale of drug abuse, addiction, and co-dependent love. While it’s a notable shift in subject matter from the woo-woo spirituality of her most famous work, much more interesting is the book’s repositioning of Gilbert from everyday…

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Bruce Loose brought his own unique blend of complexity and a menacing darkness to San Francisco punks Flipper

The singer, who died from a heart attack on 5 September, ripped up the two-minute hardcore song blueprint and won over a legion of fans including Kurt Cobain and Jane’s Addiction

The Guardian - UK

‘I wasn’t terrified of dying, but I didn’t want to leave my kids’: Davina McCall on addiction, reality TV and the brain tumour that nearly killed her

When the TV presenter was offered a free health screening, she thought it was pointless: she was ‘the healthiest woman you’ve ever met’. But then came the shocking diagnosis. Now fully recovered, she’s re‑evaluating everything

AAP

The shame perpetuating our hidden mental health crisis

Porn addiction is Australia's hidden mental health crisis and experts are calling for more open public policies to reduce stigma and promote education.

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Lulu's secret alcohol addiction

Lulu has revealed her secret alcohol addiction and said she is happier than ever after getting sober.

The Guardian - UK

From bank robber to scholar: the Knoxville dropout fighting to change how we see addiction

Kirsten Smith was 19 when she first tried heroin; within a few years she was in prison. She says she willingly made those choices and wants society to stop treating addiction as a disease

The Independent UK

Lisa Snowdon on burnout: ‘I had too many tabs open in my brain’

The presenter talks burnout, smartphone addiction and being post-menopausal

The Independent UK

Esther Ghey launches campaign to ban mobile phones in classrooms to protect pupils’ safety

Her murdered daughter Brianna had an addiction to her smartphone which had been raised as a concern by her school

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