Democrats are the more regulation skeptical ones now. In 2026, 74% of Democrat US adults say they have little to no confidence in the US goverment regulating AI effectively. Republicans are more confident in government regulation, at 61%. In 2024, those positions were flipped:
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18% of US Adults Very Confident in AI Tools, Gap Found
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18% of US adults overall are "extremely/very confident" in their ability to use AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude. That is 37% of all AI users. There is a massive gap between superusers and standard users – I suspect at least 50% of that 'very confident' group are nowhere
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Poll: 63% of US adults say AI is moving too fast
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63% of US adults believe that AI is advancing too quickly. 19% say the pace is right. 2% say it's too slow. I suspect even the majority of people who answered 'too quickly' are not aware of everything AI can do today, and if they were, we might see more of that 16 'not sure'
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71% think AI makes personal info less secure after Fable 5 ban
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71% of Americans think AI will make their personal information less secure. Very interesting coming off the (temporary) Fable 5 ban. Note that this doesn't ask them their sentiment around it, just that they believe it will be less secure. I'd love to see this layered over the
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AI boosts creativity and productivity but not happiness
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Does AI increase happiness? Not really. I appreciate how high reported creativity boosts are (21%), compared to productivity (30%) and information (28%). But I see those happiness scores (a very large portion said they are neutral, 36%) and I echo the sentiment. Creativity and
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Study: People underestimate personal AI risks compared to public
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People believe any negative impacts of AI will impact them less than the greater public (31% versus 40%). This is a clear, repeated pattern throughout the study.
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24% of AI users daily, author suspects overreporting
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Daily use is actually a pretty high percent of total AI users! 24% are using ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini/Copilot daily. (I suspect people are overreporting their daily usage. 24% just sounds very high considering vacation, weekends, etc. I would have thought max 20% – the number will
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ChatGPT dominates chatbot market at 44%, Gemini and Meta AI trail
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ChatGPT is the most popular chatbot, by a high margin (44% versus Gemini at 24%). I remain surprised at the high use of Meta AI (14%), but not surprised at the ratio of ChatGPT to Claude (7.33:1). A good reminder at how few people must be using Codex or Claude Code or
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Half of US adults use AI; still using term ‘chatbot’?
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First up, half of US adults ever use AI systems like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. And I guess we're still using the word chatbot?
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AI use cases: info search, work, emotional support, companionship
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Two biggest AI use cases are info search (42%) and work tasks (38%). "For emotional support and advice" is at 10%. "For companionship" is only at 4%. I think we forget how a curious, kind, personalized tutor actually provides empathy, support, and validation aka I deeply