Two-thirds of Americans think AI is advancing too quickly
TL;DR
Pew Research Center surveyed 5,119 U.S. adults in February 2026: 49% use AI chatbots at least occasionally, up from 33% in 2024. Despite rising adoption, 63% say AI is advancing too quickly. Only 16% expect AI to have a positive impact on society. ChatGPT is still far ahead: 44% have used it. Gemini follows at 24%, Copilot at 17%, Meta AI at 14% and Claude at 6%. Young adults are both the heaviest users and more skeptical: 66% of 18- to 29-year-olds use chatbots, while 48% expect negative effects on society.
Nauti's Take
This is not an adoption problem, it is a trust problem with an interface. The heaviest users are not blindly excited; they hit the friction first.
AI builders need less feature-speed theater and more control, traceability, and real boundaries.
Briefingshow
The poll exposes a gap AI companies often gloss over: adoption is not approval. People use chatbots for search, work and daily tasks while worrying about pace, privacy and social impact. That creates a trust problem for vendors, regulators and media platforms turning AI into default infrastructure.
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