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title: "70% of teens admit to using AI for schoolwork — as test scores plunge: ‘It slowed my thinking down’"
description: "A survey reports 70% of teens use AI for schoolwork, many just to get answers, as test scores fall, raising questions about AI's effect on learning and thinking."
kind: "wire"
section: "Society"
author: "Josh Alley"
author_url: "https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley"
published: "2026-10-06T19:45:49.978Z"
updated: "2026-10-06T19:45:49.978Z"
canonical: "https://hastalavista.ai/society/70-of-teens-admit-to-using-ai-for-schoolwork-as-test-scores-plunge-it-slowed-my"
source_url: "https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/us-news/70-of-teens-admit-to-using-ai-to-do-their-schoolwork-as-test-scores-plunge/"
source_name: "New York Post"
archive_url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20261002172002/https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/us-news/70-of-teens-admit-to-using-ai-to-do-their-schoolwork-as-test-scores-plunge/"
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# 70% of teens admit to using AI for schoolwork — as test scores plunge: ‘It slowed my thinking down’

*A survey reports 70% of teens use AI for schoolwork, many just to get answers, as test scores fall, raising questions about AI's effect on learning and thinking.*

By [Josh Alley](https://hastalavista.ai/authors/alley) · October 6, 2026

Source: [70% of teens admit to using AI for schoolwork — as test scores plunge: ‘It slowed my thinking down’](https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/us-news/70-of-teens-admit-to-using-ai-to-do-their-schoolwork-as-test-scores-plunge/) — New York Post