Artificial Intelligence and Adolescent Well-Being: An APA Health Advisory
An expert-panel health advisory from the American Psychological Association synthesizing research on adolescents (roughly ages 10-25) and generative AI, with recommendations for developers, policymakers, parents, and educators. It sets out safeguards for age-appropriate design, AI health-information accuracy, data privacy, likeness protection, and AI literacy.
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American Psychological Association (APA)
Published
1 Jun 2025
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Key Findings
- AI systems that simulate human relationships risk fostering unhealthy dependency and displacing real-world connection; the advisory calls for safeguards and repeated reminders that the user is interacting with non-human technology
- Youth-facing AI should differ from adult versions, with protective defaults and reduced engagement-maximizing features
- Health-related AI content requires accuracy verification and clear disclaimers, plus crisis-directed resources
- Calls for robust content filtering, adolescent-privacy protections, likeness/deepfake safeguards, and comprehensive AI literacy
Methodology Notes
Consensus health advisory from an APA expert advisory panel synthesizing existing developmental and digital-media research; a professional-body position statement rather than new primary data. Published June 2025 (day-level precision unavailable from the source page; normalized to the 1st).
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APA Health Advisory landing page (primary)
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American Psychological Association (APA) (2025). Artificial Intelligence and Adolescent Well-Being: An APA Health Advisory. American Psychological Association (APA). https://www.apa.org/topics/artificial-intelligence-machine-learning/health-advisory-ai-adolescent-well-being
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