"The Pew Research Center released a study on Tuesday that shows how young people are using both social media and AI chatbots. Teen internet safety has remained a global hot topic, with Australia planning to enforce a social media ban for under-16s starting on Wednesday. The impact of social media on teen mental health has been extensively debated - some studies show how online communities can improve mental health, while other research shows the adverse effects of doomscrolling or spending too much time online."
"Pew found that 97% of teens use the internet daily, with about 40% of respondents saying they are "almost constantly online." While this marks a decrease from last year's survey (46%), it's significantly higher than the results from a decade ago, when 24% of teens said they were online almost constantly. But as the prevalence of AI chatbots grows in the U.S., this technology has become yet another factor in the internet's impact on American youth."
"About three in ten U.S. teens are using AI chatbots every day, the Pew study reveals, with 4% saying they use them almost constantly. Fifty-nine percent of teens say they use ChatGPT, which is more than twice as popular as the next two most used chatbots, Google's Gemini (23%) and Meta AI (20%). Forty-six percent of U.S. teens say that they use AI chatbots at least several times a week, while 36% report not using AI chatbots at all."
Ninety-seven percent of teens use the internet daily and about 40% report being almost constantly online, up from a decade ago. Roughly three in ten U.S. teens use AI chatbots every day, and 4% use them almost constantly. ChatGPT is used by 59% of teens, well ahead of Google's Gemini (23%) and Meta AI (20%). Forty-six percent use chatbots several times a week, while 36% do not use them. Chatbot use varies by race, age, and class, with higher usage reported among Black and Hispanic teens. Broader concerns include mental health effects and policy responses.
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