What Does AI Look Like Through the Eyes of Teens?
As generative AI becomes part of daily life, one question remains largely underexplored: How do teens really feel about it? That’s the question driving our latest partnership with the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI)—and one we’re proud to tackle together.
In Tandem is excited to announce our collaboration with FOSI, a leading organization advancing policies, research, and tools to make the online world safer for children and their families. Together, we’re launching a mixed-methods research initiative focused on youth perspectives on artificial intelligence.
Organization Spotlight: FOSI
FOSI brings together industry leaders, researchers, and advocates to develop a safer digital environment for families worldwide. Known for its commitment to balanced, evidence-based approaches, FOSI plays a critical role in shaping the conversation around youth and technology.
Through education, convenings, and policy, FOSI empowers parents, policymakers, and tech companies to create more responsible digital experiences for children and teens. Their annual conference is a premier event that convenes experts and changemakers around emerging topics in online safety.
How We’re Partnering to Understand Youth and AI
In Tandem is partnering with FOSI to support a new research initiative exploring how young people understand and experience AI and generative technologies.
Together, we’re focused on:
- Conducting youth-led focus groups to uncover early perceptions, hopes, and concerns around AI.
- Engaging youth in the full research cycle—from interpreting qualitative insights to co-designing national surveys.
- Publishing findings in time for FOSI’s Annual Conference this November, where the project and its youth collaborators will take center stage.
- Exploring opportunities to showcase not just the results, but the process—demonstrating what it means to embed youth voice in cutting-edge tech policy and research.
This partnership reflects FOSI’s commitment to bringing more research in-house while also building the systems needed for meaningful youth engagement.
Why In Tandem?
At In Tandem, we help mission-driven organizations, technology platforms, and education providers design and scale youth-powered solutions. Our work with FOSI centers youth not only as subjects of research—but as interpreters, co-creators, and advocates shaping how technology meets their needs. As emerging technologies continue to reshape the digital world, it’s important to stay grounded in how teens are making sense of these changes. This project creates space for their perspectives to guide both the research and the decisions that follow.
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