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😵‍💫 How TikTok keeps its users scrolling

🫧 Are we in an AI bubble?

🍁 OpenAI considers expansion into Canada

🤖 Taylor Swift’s AI slop allegations

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How we get addicted to TikTok

According to TikTok internal documents , it takes just 260 videos – the equivalent of as little as 35 minutes – to form a habit of checking the app. But why do some users end up scrolling for upwards of nine hours a day? In a new investigation , The Washington Post collected and analyzed the viewing history of 800 TikTok users over a five-month period to see how their viewing habits evolved.

The analysis found that even occasional u

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