The survey also asked teenagers several open-ended questions. Some teenagers told researchers they are asking AI private questions they were too embarrassed to ask their parents or friends. “Teenagers tell us I have questions that are easier to ask robots than people,” Weinstein said.
Weinstein wants to know more about the quality and accuracy of the responses AI is giving to teens, especially those with mental health issues, and how privacy is protected when students share personal information with chatbots.
of the second reportpublished on June 11, was conducted by Impact Research and commissioned by Walton Family Foundation. In May 2024, Impact Research surveyed 1,003 teachers, 1,001 students ages 12-18, 1,003 college students, and 1,000 parents about their use and views of AI.
This survey, which was conducted six months after the Hopelab-Common Sense survey, showed how quickly use is growing. It found that 49% of students, ages 12-18, said they used ChatGPT at least once a week for school, up 26 percentage points from 2023. Forty-nine percent of college students also said they were using ChatGPT weekly per school, but there was no comparison data from 2023.
Among 12-18-year-olds and college students who had used AI chatbots for school, 56% said they had used it for help with essays and other writing assignments. Graduate students were more than twice as likely as 12-18 year olds to say that using AI felt like cheating, 22% versus 8%. Earlier 2023 surveys on student cheating by Stanford researchers The university did not detect an increase in fraud with ChatGPT and other AI generating tools. But as students use more AI, students’ understanding of what constitutes cheating may also be evolving.
More than 60% of college students who used AI said they were using it to study for tests and quizzes. Half of the college students who used AI said they were using it to deepen their knowledge of the subject, perhaps as if it were an online encyclopedia. There was no indication from this survey whether students were checking the accuracy of the information.
Both surveys noted differences by race and ethnicity. The first Hopelab-Common Sense survey found that 7% of black students, ages 14-22, used AI daily, compared to 5% of Hispanic students and 3% of white students. In the open-ended questions, a black teenage girl wrote that, with AI, “we can change who we are and become someone else we want to be.”
The Walton Foundation survey found that Hispanic and Asian American students were sometimes more likely to use AI than white and black students, especially for personal purposes.
These are all early pictures that will likely continue to change. OpenAI is expected to become part of Apple universe in the fall, including its iPhones, computers and iPads. “These numbers are going to go up, and they’re going to go up very quickly,” Weinstein said. “Imagine if we could go back 15 years to a time when the use of social media was just beginning with adolescence. This feels like an opportunity for adults to pay attention.”
This story for ChatGPT in education was written by Jill Barshay and produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Register Per Test points and others Hechinger Bulletins.
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