AI companies know that children are the future – of their business model. The industry doesn’t hide their attempts to hook the youth on their products through well-timed promotional offers, discounts, and referral programs. “Here to help you through finals,” OpenAI said during a giveaway of ChatGPT Plus to college students. Students get free yearlong access to Google’s and Perplexity’s pricey AI products. Perplexity even pays referrers $20 for each US student that it gets to download its AI browser Comet.
Popularity of AI tools among teens is astronomical. Once the product makes its way through the education system, it’s the teachers and s …
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