Overview

• Awareness is widespread and rising, with 95% familiar and 47% saying they have heard a lot about AI, as the gap between younger and older adults widens.
• Half of U.S. adults report being more concerned than excited about AI’s growing use in daily life, while only 10% are more excited than concerned.
• About 61% want greater personal control over AI use, yet 57% feel they have little or none, even as 73% would accept at least some help from AI with routine tasks.
• Americans favor AI for intensive analysis such as weather forecasting, fraud detection and developing medicines, but majorities reject roles in matchmaking and religious advising.
• Most say it is important to know whether text, images or video were made by AI (76%), though 53% lack confidence in telling the difference.