Che cosa pensano dell'intelligenza artificiale gli studenti della scuola secondaria in Italia: Sintesi dei risultati dell'indagine nazionale "Io e l'Intelligenza Artificiale" (2026)

Key Findings

• — 94% of students use AI at least occasionally and 62% weekly or daily; 84% use it for study, and for about half of those (51%) it is a regular study tool.
• — 53% have used AI at least once to vent or work through a personal problem as a 'digital confidant' (28% rarely, 15% fairly often, 10% many times); confiding is more frequent among heavy study users.
• — 76% say they trust AI answers and 62% say they verify them, but 55% of the most-trusting and 56.1% of the least-trusting students never verify, which the authors call a paradox of trust.
• — 44% agree that AI use can make students too dependent and 'think less with their own head' (15% strongly).
• — Two intensive relationship profiles together cover 53% of students (33% plus 20%).

Methodology Notes

Classroom questionnaire completed by 5,342 students (48.99% female, 48.22% male) in schools that opted in, March to June 2026; convenience sample that the authors state is not statistically representative; descriptive associations only. Nine-page synthesis PDF (created 7 September 2026) published with a landing post on 4 September 2026.

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