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Norwegian Study: Google Search Use Among 9-to-18-Year-Olds Fell From 72% to 47% in Two Years
An NTNU-led review published September 22 found Norwegian children aged 9 to 18 cut their Google search use from 72% in 2024 to 47% in 2026 as AI assistant adoption rose. The researchers flag that almost nothing is known about how this affects source evaluation and critical thinking in that age group. A separate UK report out the same week found nearly half of young people now trust AI over a human for fact-checking, which is the same substitution measured from the trust side rather than the usage side.
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