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Kids increasingly turn to AI before adults for help with school and life, study finds

MANY CHILDREN AND TEENS are turning to artificial intelligence for help with homework, questions about their health and body and personal problems before turning to an adult, according to a new national survey from Common Sense Media. The report, which surveyed 1,204 children nationwide, found that nearly 9 in 10 kids age 9 to 17 use […] The post Kids increasingly turn to AI before adults for help with school and life, study finds appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Kids increasingly turn to AI before adults for help with school and life, study finds, MANY CHILDREN AND TEENS are turning to artificial intelligence for help with homework, questions about their health and body and personal problems before turning to an adult, according to a new national survey from Common Sense Media. The report, which surveyed 1,204 children nationwide, found that nearly 9 in 10 kids age 9 to 17 use […] The post Kids increasingly turn to AI before adults for help with school and life, study finds appeared first on Local News Matters .

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