Non-white American parents are embracing AI faster than white ones
The digital divide seems to have flipped
In America, technology tends to reach non-white people last. Non-white families got landline telephones later than white ones. Today they lag behind in computer ownership and broadband access. This “digital divide” showed during the pandemic, when many non-white pupils struggled with remote learning. When artificial intelligence (AI) spread with the release of ChatGPT in 2022, so did fears about the disparities that might follow.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Flipping the digital divide”
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