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Policy2026-09-22 · source-backed
An NTNU-led review published September 22 measured the drop among 9-to-18-year-olds as AI assistant adoption rose, and 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 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. (Norwegian SciTech News)
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