More than half of teenagers in the United States use artificial intelligence tools for help with their schoolwork, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
Fifty-four percent of students ages 13 to 17 said they had used a chatbot like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Microsoft’s Copilot for tasks like researching school assignments or solving math problems, Pew said in a report published on Tuesday.
In 2024, 26 percent of U.S. teenagers said they had used ChatGPT for their schoolwork, according to a previous Pew study asking specifically about their use of that chatbot. That was a twofold increase from 2023, when only 13 percent of students said they used ChatGPT for school help, according to Pew, a nonpartisan research center.
The latest report, based on a survey of 1,458 teenagers and their parents last fall, found that A.I. use among teenagers varied widely. While 44 percent of teenagers said they used A.I. for “some” or “a little” schoolwork, 10 percent said they turned to chatbots for help with all or most of their schoolwork.
Asoftware engineer’s earnest effort to steer his new DJI robot vacuum with a video game controller inadvertently granted him a sneak peak into thousands of people’s homes.
While building his own remote-control app, Sammy Azdoufal reportedly used an AI coding assistant to help reverse-engineer how the robot communicated with DJI’s remote cloud servers. But he soon discovered that the same credentials that allowed him to see and control his own device also provided access to live camera feeds, microphone audio, maps, and status data from nearly 7,000 other vacuums across 24 countries. The backend security bug effectively exposed an army of internet-connected robots that, in the wrong hands, could have turned into surveillance tools, all without their owners ever knowing.
Luckily, Azdoufal chose not to exploit that. Instead, he shared his findings with The Verge, which quickly contacted DJI to report the flaw. While DJI tells Popular Science the issue has been “resolved,” the dramatic episode underscores warnings from cybersecurity experts who have long-warned that internet-connected robots and other smart home devices present attractive targets for hackers.
As more households adopt home robots, (including newer, more interactive humanoid models) similar vulnerabilities could become harder to detect. AI-powered coding tools, which make it easier for people with less technical knowledge to exploit software flaws, potentially risk amplifying those worries even further.
I can confirm that @DJIGlobal has finally fixed the HUGE vulnerability they had on their servers.
This vulnerability was discovered by the very skillful @n0tsa , and he reported it to DJI.
It allowed to take remote control (movements, microphone, camera) of over 10 000 robots… pic.twitter.com/j1UunMmNXX
— Gonzague 👨🏼💻 (@gonzague) February 11, 2026