By Michelle Faverio and Emma Kikuchi; Pew Research Center
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Artificial intelligence (AI) has become part of everyday life for many Americans – at work, at school, in health care and beyond. As AI spreads, the public remains cautious, but somewhat open to its potential benefits.
Drawing on five years of Pew Research Center surveys, here are 13 findings about how Americans use and view AI, and where they see promise and risk.
1. Americans continue to be wary of AI’s impact on daily life.
Half of U.S. adults say the increased use of AI in daily life makes them feel more concerned than excited, according to a June 2025 survey. Just 10% say they are more excited than concerned. Another 38% say they are equally concerned and excited.
More Americans are concerned today than they were when we first asked this question in 2021. Back then, 37% said they were more concerned than excited.
In contrast, concern is lower in many of the 24 other countries we’ve polled about AI.
2. U.S. adults are generally concerned about AI’s effect on creativity and relationships but are more open to using it for data analysis.
About half of Americans said in the June survey that AI will worsen people’s ability to think creatively and form meaningful relationships with others. Far fewer said AI will make these things better.
However, Americans tend to be more open to AI playing a role in data analysis tasks such as forecasting the weather.