Surveys show young adults are the heaviest educational ChatGPT users and most worry about data privacy¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Over one-third of U.S. adults aged 18–24 use ChatGPT regularly, with more than a quarter of their messages education-related, and 61% of surveyed students worry about data privacy. → Favero 2025

Evidence¶

Favero 2025¶

Favero, L., Pérez-Ortiz, J. A., Käser, T., & Oliver, N. (2025). Do AI tutors empower or enslave learners? Toward a critical use of AI in education. Applications of Generative AI to support teaching and learning in Higher Education, co-located with AIED 2025, Palermo, Italy. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06878 doi:10.48550/arxiv.2507.06878

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The paper cites an OpenAI report that "over one-third" of U.S. adults aged 18–24 use ChatGPT regularly, with more than a quarter of messages education-related. It separately reports a survey in which "61% worry about data privacy".

"According to OpenAI, young adults aged 18–24 are the biggest adopters of ChatGPT in the U.S., with over one-third using the tool regularly [23]. Among these users, more than a quarter of messages are related to education, including tutoring, writing support, and programming help."

Favero 2025 (2)¶

Favero, L., Pérez-Ortiz, J. A., Käser, T., & Oliver, N. (2025). Do AI tutors empower or enslave learners? Toward a critical use of AI in education. Applications of Generative AI to support teaching and learning in Higher Education, co-located with AIED 2025, Palermo, Italy. https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06878. doi:10.48550/arxiv.2507.06878

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A 2024 international survey of 4,000 university students across 16 countries, as reported by the Digital Education Council, found students value AI for "its timely support (63%)" and other uses. Percentages are descriptive; no inferential statistics are printed.

"On a global scale, a 2024 international survey of 4,000 university students across 16 countries found that students value AI primarily for its timely support (63%), help in understanding tool use (46%), and access to training opportunities (45%) [42]."

Discussion¶

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