{
  "id": 10188092,
  "title": "AI is prompting these Gen Zers to learn how to type",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/27/ai-is-prompting-these-gen-zers-to-learn-how-to-type",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-27T10:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-z-improving-typing-skills-amid-rise-ai-technology-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gen Z, raised with smartphones and tablets, often lack traditional keyboard skills. However, AI's efficiency potential is prompting some young adults to learn typing again. Julia Andrusiak, a 26-year-old AI professional, noticed her college professor's annoyance due to her loud typing. This led her to improve her touch typing skills. Despite her AI-centric job, she still prefers voice dictation for lengthy prompts, feeling awkward about talking to herself in open offices. AI is only as good as the prompt given to it. Andrusiak believes typing can help avoid reliance on AI for clear, precise communication. Computer science graduate Andrey Gerasimov, who reached 170 words per minute, also sees typing as an efficiency booster for AI users. Typing can help users articulate their thoughts more effectively. Vienna-based IT teacher Andreas Francazi teaches typing to his students, noticing a decline in their skills. He believes typing can be a meditative practice. However, younger students with limited keyboard familiarity are learning typing basics. Digital typewriter device BYOK has seen a 10% increase in orders from educators, aiming to reduce AI and distractions in classrooms. Younger workers and students, like Tarun Krishnamurthy, find typing helpful for keeping up with fast-paced lectures. In an efficiency-focused world, typing could become a crucial competitive edge.",
  "summary": "Gen Zers are taking typing classes. You need a keyboard to use AI — and they're used to phones.",
  "key_points": [
    "Gen Z often lacks traditional keyboard skills due to smartphone/tablet upbringing.",
    "AI's efficiency potential is prompting some young adults to learn typing again.",
    "Typing can help users articulate thoughts more effectively and avoid AI reliance."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}