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  "claim": "64% of U.S. teens use AI chatbots, including about 3 in 10 daily (Pew, 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"How many teens use AI chatbots?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
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  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025 (Dec. 9, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "64% of teens say they use chatbots, including about 3 in 10 who do so daily",
  "method": "Online survey of 1,458 U.S. teens ages 13–17, Sept. 25–Oct. 9, 2025, through Ipsos KnowledgePanel (recruited via parents).",
  "drift": [
    "None — U.S. teens 13–17"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "A Pew survey of 1,458 U.S. teens in fall 2025 found 64% use AI chatbots, including about three in ten who do so daily.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew Research Center — Teens, Social Media and AI Chatbots 2025",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/",
      "primary": true
    }
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  "as_of": "Survey Sept. 25–Oct. 9, 2025; published Dec. 9, 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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