Teens say they are turning to AI for advice, friendship, ‘to get out of thinking’ (Image: AP) TOPEKA: No question is too small when Kayla Chege, a high school student in Kansas, is using artificial intelligence.The 15-year-old asks ChatGPT for guidance on back-to-school shopping, makeup colours, low-calorie choices at Smoothie King, plus ideas for her…
Two girls were savagely beaten by a group of teenagers in Queens’ Kissena Park in New York earlier this month. The girls, aged 13 and 16, were ambushed, dragged into the woods, and assaulted with a baseball bat in what one relative described as an “execution-like” attack, as per a report by the New York…
Vaibhav Suryavanshi and Ayush Mhatre New Delhi: In the last few weeks, videos of a six-year-old Ayush Mhatre playing cricket in one of the ‘maidans’ of Mumbai and a nine-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi practicing alone on the roof of his house in Samastipur, Bihar, during lockdown, have gone viral.At the start of the tournament, neither Mhatre…
NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old boy named Kunal was fatally stabbed in north-east Delhi’s New Seelampur on Thursday evening, triggering tensions in the area. According to police, the role of a local woman named Zikra, allegedly known as the “lady don”, is being investigated in connection with the murder. Kunal’s family has alleged that Zikra, who…
NEW DELHI: A bitter school rivalry culminated in tragedy in southeast Delhi’s Govindpuri area when a 17-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by three 16-year-old boys, police said. The accused teenagers alleged that the victim subjected them to repeated physical assault and issued ominous threats against them and their families.The long-simmering feud reached a threshold when…
Uncertainty over FAFSA and student loans threatens to derail US college plans. (Getty Images) As the Trump administration continues its efforts to reshape American education, rising high school seniors are facing growing uncertainty about the future of financial aid. With fears surrounding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and student loans, many students…
Parker Tirrell, 16, enjoys her art classes, scrolling on TikTok and working at her new job at a pet store. But most of all, the transgender teen loves playing soccer. Until last year, that wasn’t a problem. “I was just living my life like any normal person,” said Tirrell, who has played since she was…
Britain’s National Crime Agency has warned of an “unprecedented risk” to young people from online groups that encourage teenagers to share sadistic and misogynistic material and to coerce others into sexual abuse, self-harm or violence. The agency, which is responsible for combating serious and organized crime in Britain, said Tuesday in an annual assessment of…
Iceland’s Minister of Education and Children’s Affairs, Asthildur Loa Thorsdottir, has resigned from her position after admitting to a past relationship with a 15-year-old boy she mentored three decades ago. In an interview with Icelandic news outlet Visir, the 58-year-old politician revealed that she had started the relationship when she was a 22-year-old counsellor at…
Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club. She taped a flier to a pole: “Join the Luddite Club For Meaningful Connections.” Down the block, she posted another one: “Do…