Is AI Rewiring Your Kid’s Brain?

Parents have spent years worrying about screens. Now the screen talks back. Dr. Sanjay Gupta asks early child development expert Dr. Dana Suskind what AI may be doing to kids’ brains — and why “brain rot” may be the wrong worry.  Resources mentioned in this episode: • Common Sense Media’s AI resources for families • The Anxious Generation movement • Dr. Dana Suskind’s book, Human Raised  Jennifer Lai and Leying Tang produced this episode, with assistance from Madeleine Thompson, Sofia Sanchez, and Andrew Quimby. Video production by Jilanne Doom, with assistance from Jasmine Brooks. Andrea Kane is the medical writer. Dan Dzula is the technical director, and Dan Bloom is the showrunner. Ben Tinker is vice president of news at CNN, and Zach Goldbaum is senior director of podcasts at CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices