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Adolescent Health and Generative AI—Risks and Benefits

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.4502

November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST

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This Viewpoint explores how generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools may affect adolescent health and well-being in the following domains: health information, cognition, critical thinking, mental health, body image, social connection, physical activity, and sleep.

Corresponding Author: Jason M. Nagata, MD, MSc, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, 550 16th St, Fourth Floor, Box 0503, San Francisco, CA 94143 (jason.nagata@ucsf.edu).

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