📚 AI is now a core academic tool for teens Over half use chatbots for information and schoolwork; ~1 in 10 rely on them for most or all assignments.
🤖 Teens see AI as more personally helpful than societally beneficial — 36% expect AI to improve their own lives, but concerns rise when thinking about society (jobs, overreliance, misinformation).
🧠 AI literacy is high, but confidence is uneven 95% have heard of chatbots, but only ~25% feel very confident using them; teens are unsure how well AI performs on complex tasks like hiring or medical decisions.
📊 How Teens Are Using AI
57% use chatbots to search for information.
54% use them for schoolwork.
47% use them for fun.
~40% use AI to summarize content or create/edit images or videos.
16% use chatbots for casual conversation; 12% for emotional support.
Teens report higher usage than parents estimate (64% vs. ~50%).
Amazon BUSTED for Widespread Scheme to Inflate Prices Across the Economy
🧨 California AG moves to stop Amazon now: California AG Rob Bonta is seeking an immediate injunction against Amazon for running a widespread price‑fixing scheme across the online retail economy before the 2027 trial.
Judges only grant this if the defendant is likely to lose, meaning Bonta believes the evidence is overwhelming.
The alleged scheme has inflated prices economy‑wide, not just on Amazon.
🏗️ How the alleged scheme works: Amazon allegedly uses its dominant Prime program, Buy Box algorithm, and FBA logistics tie‑ins to force sellers to raise prices everywhere, not just on Amazon.
Sellers who offer lower prices elsewhere risk losing the Buy Box—effectively losing access to Amazon’s 200M Prime customers.
The FTC previously uncovered “Project Nessie,” an algorithmic system that nudged competitors like Walmart.com or Target.com to raise prices in parallel.
🔗 A “hub‑and‑spoke” price‑fixing conspiracy
Amazon allegedly coordinates pricing through vendors, not directly with competitors’ classic vertical price‑fixing.
Three mechanisms:
Amazon tells vendors to raise prices at rival retailers.
Amazon pressures vendors to stop discounting at rivals.
Vendors stop offering lower prices elsewhere, after which Amazon raises its own price.
Americans Are Leaving the U.S. in Record Numbers
🌍 Negative net migration for the first time since the Great Depression — More people moved out of the U.S. than moved in last year, marking a rare demographic shift not seen in nearly a century.
🚪 Trump administration frames the exodus as policy success — Officials highlight the negative net migration as evidence that deportations and visa restrictions are working as intended.
✈️ But a quieter trend: Americans themselves are leaving in record numbers — Many U.S. citizens are relocating abroad seeking places they view as more affordable and safer, reshaping the narrative beyond immigration enforcement.