2026年2月24日 / 美国东部时间上午10:00 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
皮尤研究中心周二发布的一项调查显示，家长们往往对孩子的日常生活状况感到意外——而在人工智能方面，这种”认知差距”可能比他们想象的更大。
调查发现，家长的认知与青少年实际使用人工智能聊天机器人的情况之间存在显著差距。约64%的美国青少年表示使用过人工智能聊天机器人，而51%的家长称自己的孩子使用这类工具。
“技术问题不只是青少年或家长的问题——这是一个家庭问题，”皮尤高级研究员科琳·麦克莱恩(Colleen McClain)表示。她指出，研究人员对青少年和家长都进行了调查，发现双方对人工智能使用管理存在不同看法。
超过一半（54%）的受访青少年表示，他们使用人工智能聊天机器人来完成学业，约10%的青少年称从人工智能聊天机器人那里获得了情感支持。
青少年作为新技术的前沿使用者，告诉研究人员他们将人工智能视为日常生活中的工具，并且对人工智能对个人的影响持积极看法（正面评价多于负面评价）。
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麦克莱恩表示，家长们”有很多事情要处理”，许多人担心孩子使用人工智能聊天机器人——尤其是在几起引人注目的案例中，青少年在与这项新技术长时间互动后自杀身亡。
“这很复杂，需要细致分析，不能一刀切，”麦克莱恩解释道。
她指出，这项迄今为止最深入的青少年与人工智能调查发现，许多家长并未与孩子讨论过人工智能使用问题；只有40%的家长表示他们会这样做。在其他生活需求的压力下，许多家长并未将管理屏幕使用时间列为首要任务，甚至有些家长表示因此感到被评判。
耶鲁医学院精神病学副教授安伯·W·蔡尔斯博士(Amber W. Childs)告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，问题不应是青少年是否使用人工智能，而应是他们如何使用这项技术。
她说，大多数青少年使用技术处理日常琐事，但家长需要了解”他们是否在缺乏其他社交或应对技能及支持的情况下使用它”。约12%的青少年表示从聊天机器人那里获得了情感支持，蔡尔斯指出，仅依赖人工智能获得情感支持的青少年令人担忧。
南俄勒冈大学副教授、心理学家约书亚·古德曼(Joshua Goodman)表示，那些对父母或他人谈论性取向感到不适的青少年，可能更愿意向人工智能咨询性健康问题。古德曼称，这些青少年”没有向生活中的成年人寻求支持”，但这不一定是坏事。
他建议家长关注青少年持续使用人工智能、技术取代批判性思维，或出现抑郁迹象等预警信号。
“你需要表现出好奇心，”蔡尔斯建议，”但同时也要通过对话来了解孩子如何在生活中使用人工智能。”她提醒家长不要仅仅传递信息和警告，而应利用交流来理解人工智能在孩子生活中的角色。她补充说，家长可以根据家庭期望设立使用边界和规范。
她认为，大多数青少年可能使用人工智能来提升生活技能，比如学习新语言或完成作业。
约四分之一的受访青少年称聊天机器人对完成学业”极其或非常有帮助”，另有25%的青少年认为”有些帮助”。大多数人表示使用该技术进行研究或解决数学问题。
约10%的青少年称他们全部或大部分作业都是在聊天机器人的帮助下完成的。
超过一半的青少年表示用聊天机器人搜索信息，近一半的青少年称用于娱乐或消遣。
然而，有些人对这项技术将如何影响他们的生活持谨慎态度。一名十几岁的男孩告诉皮尤：”它已经被用来传播宣传，其能力没有尽头，很难分辨网上什么是真实的，什么是人工智能生成的。”
皮尤研究中心于2025年9月25日至10月9日期间，对1,458名美国青少年及其家长进行了调查。
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ai-chatbots-raise-new-concerns-for-teens-mental-health/
Teens are using AI frequently in their daily lives, and many parents aren’t aware, survey finds
February 24, 2026 / 10:00 AM EST / CBS News
Parents are often caught off guard by what their teens are doing in daily life — and when it comes to AI, the “perception gap” might be larger than they thought, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday.
The survey found a significant gap exists between parents’ perceptions and their teens’ actual use of AI chatbots. About 64% of U.S. teens reported using AI chatbots, while 51% of parents said their teens use them.
“Technology is not just a teen issue or a parent issue — it’s a family issue,” said Pew senior researcher Colleen McClain. She said researchers surveyed both teens and parents and heard different perspectives on managing AI usage.
Just over half (54%) of the teens surveyed said they’ve used AI chatbots for help with schoolwork, while about 1 in 10 said they’ve gotten emotional support from an AI chatbot.
Teens, often at the forefront as users of new technology, told researchers they see AI as a tool in their daily lives, and they were more positive than negative in their views of about how AI will impact them personally.
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Parents have a “lot to juggle,” McClain said, and many are concerned about their children’s use of AI chatbots — especially after several high-profilecases in which teens died by suicide after prolonged interactions with the new technology.
“It’s complicated, it’s nuanced, it’s not a one-size-fits-all,” McClain said.
She said the survey — the most in-depth yet on teens and AI — found many parents don’t speak to their teens about their AI usage; just 4 in 10 parents said they do. Many don’t make managing screen time their first priority amid other life demands, and some parents said they feel judged for doing so.
Dr. Amber W. Childs, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, told CBS News the question shouldn’t be if teens are using AI but how they are using the technology.
She said most teens are using technology for mundane daily tasks but parents need to know if “they’re using it in the absence of other sources of connection or coping skills and support.” Around 12% said they’ve gotten emotional support through chatbots, and Childs said teens using the tech for sole emotional support is concerning.
Psychologist Joshua Goodman, an associate professor at Southern Oregon University, said teens who don’t feel comfortable talking to parents or others about their sexuality or orientation might feel more comfortable speaking to AI about their sexual health. These teens are “not reaching out for support” from adults in their lives, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing, Goodman said.
He said parents need to look for warning signs around teens constantly using AI and the technology replacing their critical thinking, or if they are showing signs of depression.
“You want to get curious,” Childs said, “but you also want to be communicating to connect.” She cautioned parents not to just pass down information and warnings to their teens, but to use the conversation to understand how AI is being used in their lives. Parents can set up boundaries and expectations around the usage of the technology that align with family expectations, she said.
She said most teens are probably using AI to improve their life skills, like learning new languages or doing schoolwork.
About a quarter of teens surveyed said chatbots have been extremely or very helpful for completing their schoolwork, while another 25% say they’ve been somewhat helpful. Most said they use the technology for research or help with math problems.
About 1 in 10 teens said they do all or most of their schoolwork with chatbots’ help.
More than half of teens say they’ve used chatbots to search for information and almost half say they’ve done so for fun or entertainment.
Some, however, are wary about the way the technology will affect their lives. One teenage boy told Pew, “It’s already being used to spread propaganda, there’s no end to what it can do, it’s hard to tell what’s real or AI online anymore.”
Pew surveyed 1,458 U.S. teens and their parents from Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, 2025.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/ai-chatbots-raise-new-concerns-for-teens-mental-health/