Two-thirds of US teens use AI chatbots, says Pew

"Pew Research Center published the latest look at teenage social media and internet usage on Tuesday, and for the first time also asked 13- to 17-year-olds how they're engaging with AI chatbots. The researchers found that 64 percent of youths are self-reported AI chatbot users, and 28 percent say they use AI at least once a day. Twelve percent reported using AI several times a day, and four percent said they use it "almost constantly.""

"Unsurprisingly, ChatGPT from OpenAI is the dominant force in AI for teenagers, with 59 percent saying they've ever used it. Only 23 percent have used Google's Gemini, the next-most popular AI chatbot, with Meta AI, Microsoft Copilot, Character.ai, and Anthropic's Claude all being used by successively fewer teens. In an age when 97 percent of teenagers (according to the Pew survey) say they use the internet daily."

Sixty-four percent of US youths report having used an AI chatbot, and 28 percent use one at least once a day; 12 percent use them several times daily and 4 percent use them almost constantly. ChatGPT leads with 59 percent of teens having tried it, while Gemini and other chatbots have substantially lower adoption. Ninety-seven percent of teenagers use the internet daily and 40 percent describe themselves as almost constantly online. AI companies are increasingly pushing tools into schools, and government efforts aim to expand AI use in academic institutions to maintain competitiveness.

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