Half of teenage girls in Japan turn to AI for personal advice, government survey shows
More than half of teenage girls in Japan who use generative AI consult it about personal worries, according to a Cabinet Office survey released in May. The finding marks the highest rate among all age and gender groups surveyed.
The government polled 1,442 generative AI users across age groups from their teens to 70s in February. Among teenage girls, 52.4 percent said they seek AI advice on worries. By comparison, less than 30 percent of men in any age group do so, while 30 to 35 percent of women in their 20s through 40s use AI for this purpose.
Information searches ranked as the top use case across all groups at 76.4 percent of respondents. But consultation about worries ranked second for teenage girls and third for women in their 20s to 40s-a pattern that differed sharply from older users and men of all ages.
Trust in AI advice on relationships and social interactions was notably higher among younger users. Nearly two-thirds of teenage girls (63.1 percent) said they greatly or somewhat trust such advice, compared to 38.6 percent across all respondents.
Writing and editing text was the second-most common use case overall at 33.9 percent.
Respondents reported that AI helped them gather information and save time. About 10 percent said it reduced feelings of loneliness.
For government officials developing youth policy around technology, AI learning resources for policy makers can help frame evidence-based approaches to AI adoption among young people.
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