As of April 2024, more than half of teens in the United States reported using generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools to get help with school assignments. Approximately four in 10 teens, as well as around four in 10 parents used gen AI as a translation tool. Writing an e-mail or document was the second key motivation for parents to access generative AI tools, as 37 percent of them reported doing to get help in creating written content.
Reasons to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools among teenagers and their parents in the United States as of April 2024
Characteristic
Total teens
Total parents
Help with homework
53%
n/a%
Learn a new skill
n/a%
22%
Keep me from being bored
42%
n/a%
Translate something from one language to another
41%
39%
Brainstorm ideas
38%
27%
Write a document or e-mail
35%
37%
Create a new image or video
33%
24%
Summarize or synthesize information
33%
30%
Create content as a joke or to tease another person
19%
10%
Get advice on a personal issue
18%
17%
Plan an activity
16%
19%
Keep me company
15%
7%
Seek health-related advice
14%
20%
Generate new content from a person's voice or image
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Common Sense Media. (September 18, 2024). Reasons to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools among teenagers and their parents in the United States as of April 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1534901/us-teens-and-parents-ai-usage-reasons/
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Common Sense Media. (2024). Reasons to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools among teenagers and their parents in the United States as of April 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1534901/us-teens-and-parents-ai-usage-reasons/
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