More Than Half of Teens Use Chatbots for Schoolwork

NY Times -   More than half of teenagers in the United States use artificial intelligence tools for help with their schoolwork, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

Fifty-four percent of students ages 13 to 17 said they had used a chatbot like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Microsoft’s Copilot for tasks like researching school assignments or solving math problems, Pew said in a report published on Tuesday.

In 2024, 26 percent of U.S. teenagers said they had used ChatGPT for their schoolwork, according to a previous Pew study asking specifically about their use of that chatbot. That was a twofold increase from 2023, when only 13 percent of students said they used ChatGPT for school help, according to Pew, a nonpartisan research center.

The latest report, based on a survey of 1,458 teenagers and their parents last fall, found that A.I. use among teenagers varied widely. While 44 percent of teenagers said they used A.I. for “some” or “a little” schoolwork, 10 percent said they turned to chatbots for help with all or most of their schoolwork.