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Most US Teens Use Generative AI. Most of Their Parents Don’t Know
A news survey shows that AI use among high schoolers has exploded in recent months, as educators and parents struggle to keep up.
“Teenagers really listen and learn,” Lenhart says, noting that the students who were given instructions by their educators were more likely to grasp how the technology worked, and more likely to check whether it was hallucinating or generating factually accurate sentences. “This suggests that software to detect AI, as well as teachers' use of it, may be exacerbating existing discipline disparities among historically marginalized groups, including Black students,” the report says. Kate Knibbs is a senior writer at WIRED, covering the human side of the generative AI boom and how new tech shapes the arts, entertainment, and media industries.
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