McGill professor: AI chatbots harm Canadian teens' education

McGill professor Adam Kenneth Dubé analyzed PISA data showing 86% of teens worldwide use AI for school, while Canadian teens who use it weekly score two years behind peers who never do. Using AI to summarize texts was linked to a 38-point lower science score, and drafting text to a 42-point drop.

• 86% of teens worldwide use AI for school, per PISA data
• Weekly AI use tied to a two-year learning gap among Canadian teens
• AI text summarization linked to 38-point lower science scores
• 18% of Canadian teens use AI to generate assignment texts