America's Teenagers Say AI Cheating Has Become a Regular Feature of Student Life (pewresearch.org)
(Saturday February 28, 2026 @11:34AM (EditorDavid)
from the CheatGPT dept.)
- Reference: 0180872300
- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/02/28/0541228/americas-teenagers-say-ai-cheating-has-become-a-regular-feature-of-student-life
- Source link: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/how-teens-use-and-view-ai/
Tuesday Pew Research announced their newest findings: that [1]54% of America's teens use AI help with schoolwork :
> One-in-five teens living in households making less than $30,000 a year say they [2]do all or most of their schoolwork with AI chatbots' help . A similar share of those in households making $30,000 to just under $75,000 annually say this. Fewer teens living in higher-earning households (7%) say the same."
"The survey did not ask students whether they had used chatbots to write essays or generate other assignments..." [3]notes the New York Times . "But nearly 60% of teenagers told Pew that students at their school used chatbots to cheat 'very often' or 'somewhat often.'" Agreeing with that are the Pew Researchers themselves. "Our survey shows that many teens think cheating with AI has become a regular feature of student life."
One worried teenager still told the researchers that AI "makes people lazy and takes away jobs." But another teenager told the researchers that "Everyone's going to have to know how to use AI or they'll be left behind."
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader [4]theodp for sharing the article.
[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/how-teens-use-and-view-ai/
[2] https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/demographic-differences-in-how-teens-use-and-view-ai/
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/technology/schoolwork-chatbot-cheating-pew.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O1A.DfEq.Hf_SMyheby0-&smid=url-share
[4] https://slashdot.org/~theodp
> One-in-five teens living in households making less than $30,000 a year say they [2]do all or most of their schoolwork with AI chatbots' help . A similar share of those in households making $30,000 to just under $75,000 annually say this. Fewer teens living in higher-earning households (7%) say the same."
"The survey did not ask students whether they had used chatbots to write essays or generate other assignments..." [3]notes the New York Times . "But nearly 60% of teenagers told Pew that students at their school used chatbots to cheat 'very often' or 'somewhat often.'" Agreeing with that are the Pew Researchers themselves. "Our survey shows that many teens think cheating with AI has become a regular feature of student life."
One worried teenager still told the researchers that AI "makes people lazy and takes away jobs." But another teenager told the researchers that "Everyone's going to have to know how to use AI or they'll be left behind."
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader [4]theodp for sharing the article.
[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/how-teens-use-and-view-ai/
[2] https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/02/24/demographic-differences-in-how-teens-use-and-view-ai/
[3] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/technology/schoolwork-chatbot-cheating-pew.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O1A.DfEq.Hf_SMyheby0-&smid=url-share
[4] https://slashdot.org/~theodp
What about the top richest ? (Score:2)
Aren't there plenty of stories of rich fucks who pay people to go take exams in place of their kids too tired from their frat parties ? Too few got caught.