From helping with homework to chatting with AI “friends,” tools such as ChatGPT have free versions online that are easy for young users to access. These AI chatbots, built on large language models (LLM), generate human-like responses that have sparked concern among parents, educators and researchers.
A 2024 survey by Pew Research Center found that 26% of U.S. teens aged 13 to 17 say they have used ChatGPT for their schoolwork — double the rate from a year earlier. Awareness of the chatbot rose to 79% in 2024 from 67% in 2023.
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