Love/hate relationship: The AI affair. Young people love AI, but it’s breaking their trust
Brief
Young people use AI for everything. From schoolwork to interview prep, relationship advice to shopping decisions, the technology has become part of how young people live. For the most digitally fluent generation ever, AI is a competitive edge, a creative partner, and an always-on assistant.
But the same technology making young people’s lives easier is also making the internet harder to navigate. AI is making scams more convincing, identities easier to manipulate, and online content harder to trust. Seven in ten (70%) 18-to-22-year-olds have experienced an AI-related scam in the last year, compared to half of the general population. And nearly every young person worries AI will be used against them.
This isn’t happening because young people are reckless.