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Artificial intelligence: 77% of students turning to AI for learning and literacy support

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Young people’s use of AI tools to support their learning has doubled in the space of a year, but teachers fear that many students lack the critical literacy skills to engage “effectively, critically and safely” with the technology.
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Survey findings from the National Literacy Trust (Picton & Clark, 2024) involving more than 15,000 students aged 13 to 18 reveal that 77% have used generative AI to support learning and literacy this year.

This is more than double the 37% who said they had similarly used AI in 2023.

Popular AI generative tools include ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude, which can write and read texts in a human-like manner.

The main reasons the young people in the survey said they use AI included for homework (59%), to help create ideas (50%), as well as to help them understand (52%) and learn new things (51%).

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