AI and kids

59 per cent of Norwegian kids between 9 and 16 use generative AI, and 85 per cent say their parents let them use it whenever they like. Here are the age limits that actually apply, the three ways AI gets things wrong, what the research says about homework and the settings that matter most.

Among the kids who use AI to talk about feelings, one in four says it understands them better than most people do. Not because the chatbot is wise, but because it's awake while you sleep and never gets hurt. Here are the numbers, and how to make yourself easier to come to.

Two big challenges with AI are ones you can do something about yourself. The chatbot is awake at 23:40, hasn't had a bad day, and mostly tells you you're right. Stanford researchers measured how much more often than people do: 49 per cent. And students who have the answers served up by AI learn less. Here are the moves that stop the chatbot becoming a short-term disservice to your child.

Ask it to, with a standing instruction it remembers. Here's the text to paste in, and where it goes in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and the rest.