Erik Fredner: 85% of teens have iPhones. [1] 59% of college students say they use generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) at least monthly. [2] This fall, those two numbers will be the same. (And it will be more than monthly.) [1] www.pipersandler.com/sites/defaul... [2] tytonpartners.com/time-for-cla... 1/4

85% of teens have iPhones. [1] 59% of college students say they use generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) at least monthly. [2] This fall, those two numbers will be the same. (And it will be more than monthly.) [1] www.pipersandler.com/sites/defaul... [2] tytonpartners.com/time-for-cla... 1/4

Time for Class 2024tytonpartners.com Time for Class 2024 identifies gaps in digital learning in higher education with data gathered from 3,000+ admins, instructors, and students.

New iPhone and Mac updates in September will include ChatGPT and Apple Intelligence, including better models that are currently paywalled. “Virtually everywhere you write” on those devices will offer LLM writing assistance. [3] [3] www.apple.com/apple-intell... 2/4

Apple Intelligence Previewwww.apple.com Apple Intelligence is personal intelligence for the things you do every day. Built into iPhone, iPad, and Mac with groundbreaking privacy.

Sadly, this Chronicle essay misses this key point. [4] It opens with a professor who estimates that 25% of students used LLMs on assignments this year. There is a huge difference between 25% and 85%. [4] www.chronicle.com/article/prof... 3/4

Professors Ask: Are We Just Grading Robots?www.chronicle.com Some are riding the AI wave. Others feel like they’re drowning.

@tedunderwood.me has made versions of the above point several times. The new survey data above combined with Apple’s announcements on Monday really drove it home for me. 4/4

iPhones are like 60% of the US smartphone market—is it really plausible that teenagers are 85% iPhone users?

Idk I guess it’s possible from this curve. www.statista.com/forecasts/91.... But strong suspicion that investment banks surveying teenagers get a lot more rich kids Than they should.

Smartphone OS share by age group in the U.S. 2024 | Statistawww.statista.com This statistic shows the distribution of mobile operating systems installed on consumers' smartphones (by age group) in the United States in 2024.

I wasn’t going to pay for the full report with (presumably) cross-tabs but the infographic does say average household income in the survey group is $66k

They’re very cool

I couldn’t afford one until I was like 40 or so though

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