High School Seniors Turn to AI for Support

A survey commissioned by Uwill found that rising high school seniors are more than twice as likely as college seniors to use AI weekly for emotional or relationship concerns, with over 20 percent of those users doing so because they feel they have no one else to talk to. For instructors in psychology, social work, and education, these findings signal that incoming cohorts are increasingly treating automated tools as substitutes for human trust and peer support rather than seeking human or professional help.

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