Parents think their children primarily use AI chatbots for searching information or homework, while teens actually utilize advanced features like creating and interacting with personalized chatbots, according to a study presented at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy.
The youth are addicted to generative AI models — but their parents have no idea what their kids actually use them for.set to be presented at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, a team of researchers interviewed seven teenagers and thirteen parents about their AI usage and perceptions of the tech, and also analyzed thousands of Reddit posts and comments from other teens.
The service has been criticized for the poor moderation of its often racy chatbots that are popularly used by minors. In more serious cases, some of that chatbots "I have realized that I waste too much time on Character.AI," the teenager expressed. "I would like to be able to converse with my peers at school."Yet the researchers found that parents didn't realize the extent of the personal and often intimate information that their kids share with AI chatbots.
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