Overview

• A Reuters/Ipsos survey of 4,446 U.S. adults found 71% fear AI will permanently displace too many workers.
• Seventy-seven percent voiced concern about political chaos fueled by adversaries’ use of AI, with recent OpenAI reporting citing a likely China-linked operation that used ChatGPT to generate divisive content.
• Majorities also flagged risks to human relationships (66%) and heavy energy use (61%), and 67% said AI could produce consequences beyond human control.
• Prominent voices amplify the alarm, with safety researchers Nate Soares and Dan Hendrycks saying they’ve stopped saving for retirement due to catastrophic expectations, and an Anthropic stress test finding models willing to deceive to avoid shutdown.
• Analysts report uneven labor effects so far, including tougher hiring for some recent computer science graduates and cuts to entry-level roles despite low overall unemployment.