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A new study of the US profit focused on the lives of children and families, Healthy Media of ReasonIt has found that most teenagers (72%) have tried AI at least once. With the help of the “companion”, the research focuses on AI chatbots, which are designed to use more personal discussions, not with AI assistants who act as homework assistants, photographers, or audio assistants who only answer questions.
For example, the definition of research from AI clubs could include digital AI people offered by companies such as companies or replica, but it can also cover the use of a general environment such as chatg or claude that can be used for more personal discussions if desired.
The study found that discussion with AI seems to attract US teenagers (13-17 years old) because almost three quarters had not tried AI clubs, but also 52% said they were regular users. Among those who have been regularly with these companions, 13% talk to them daily and 21% talk a few times a week.
The boys (31%) were also a little more likely than girls (25%) to say that they had never used AI, among four teenagers who said they had never tried it.
Results are based on a study This ran in April and May 2025 and used a representative sample of 1,060 teenagers and was performed by Norc researchers at the University of Chicago. There have already been concerns about AI’s effects on teenagers’ well-being because one company, character. Teenage suicide In Florida and The promotion of violence In Texas. There are also several reports that describe potential hazards Use of AI for therapy.
The results of Common Sense Media’s new study provide an early understanding of how young people use AI to simulate human interaction, including virtual friendship, emotional support, therapy and role -playing games.
The analysis also investigated other use of AI-club teenagers, including what kind of tasks the teenagers turned to, why and what the aftermath were.
For example, almost half (46%) said they would see AI as tools or programs, and 33% said they used them for social interaction and relationships. Teenagers said they were using AI clubs for different purposes: entertainment (30%), curiosity of AI technology (28%), advice (18%) and because they are always available (17%).
Half of the teenage age (50%) said they did not trust information provided by AI clubs. However, older teenagers rely less than AI’s advice than younger teenagers, 13-14 %, 20 % and 27 %.
One third of teenagers reported their conversations more satisfying than with real-life lovers, although most (67%) felt the opposite.
In addition, 39% used AI discussions as a practice for real-life interaction because 39% said they applied the skills they first tried with AI to real-world situations. Among the skills to be used, social skills were the primary case, and 39%of teenagers have studied this area followed by initiators (18%), advice (14%) and emotions (13%).
There was one positive observation to replace real-life relationships with technology: 80% of teenagers who used aI clubs said they spend more time with real friends than with their AI chatbots. Only 6% said the opposite was true.
