According to a new report, the American teenager has lost his trust in Big Tech General knowledge mediaA non -profit review and rating offer for media and technology, which Recently included AI products,
In Study issued On Wednesday, the organization surveyed over 1,000 teenagers whether key technology companies like Google, Apple, Meta, Tiktok and Microsoft care for their good and security, made moral decisions, protected their personal data, and a lot. In all cases, most teenagers reported low levels of confidence in these technical companies. About half the teenagers said that they had little or no confidence that companies would take responsible decisions about how to use AI.
Distust in Big Tech has been building in America since 2013 Revelation Government of government Mass data collection And data scam related to counseling firm Cambridge analytica 2021 on Facebook Whistleblower francis hazen leak It shows Meta knew about its loss on society and Multiple Congress Hearing Where the MPs grilled the large tech CEO on app security, antitrust issues and harmful algorithms.
This year, Tech CEO prepared to vow to loyalty to the Trump administration $ 1 million donations For the inauguration fund of the President, expected to buy the favor and to avoid the investigation and regulation of their businesses – no matter the cost for their users. (Even for those who have aligned with Trump, the tasks of technical leaders are seen as dissatisfied, given how he flies after criticizing Trump in his earlier tenure. Are.)
While teenagers can or may not track the headlines of these technical news as their adult counterparts, but this overall change in emotion is also affecting them.
Common Sense says that 64% of the surveyed American teenagers do not trust big technical companies to care about their mental health and welfare and 62% do not think that companies harm profits.
Surveyed more than half of American teenagers (53%) do not even think that major technical companies make moral and responsible design decisions (think: User interface design has the growing use of dark patterns in interface design to trick, confuse and cheat.
Another 52% does not think that Big Tech will protect their personal information and 51% do not think companies are fair and inclusive when considering the needs of various users.
Not surprisingly, the mistrust in Tech is affecting the teenager’s opinion around AI, as 47% of the people in the survey believe that these companies will take responsible decisions on their use of AI.
New study creates on general knowledge prior research About adopting generic AI among teenagers and also focuses on how Jenai is affecting large media scenario.
For example, it was found that 41% surveyed teenagers reported to be misled online by fake images, 35% was normally misled by fake online material, and surprising more than a quarter (28%) It happened whether they were talking to a bot or a human. One -third of the teenager also said that Jenai will make it even more difficult to rely on the accuracy of online information. This figure increases by 40% if the teenager was previously cheated by fake or misleading materials.
Overall, the report points to the lack of uncertainty on the online material, although it is hardly a new problem for the web.
Nevertheless, it seems that the AI ​​AI is not helping the matter despite the official answers of the chatboot. Some 39% of surveyed teenagers paid attention to problems with AI output when using it to help schoolwork. In addition, most of the surveyed American teen (74%) said that privacy security measures and transparency are required to manage AI, 74% said that AI companies discouraged people from sharing personal information on their platform Should, and 73% of the teenagers said AI images and other materials. Label and watermark should be done.
When weighs on the business model of AI, 61% of the teenagers realized that when their data is used by the AI ​​system, the material creators should be compensated.
As a result of a teenager’s lack of confidence and the fast pace of AI development, 35% of the teenagers think that Jenai will make it difficult to rely on information – although this number can change in time.