







Americans are worried about AI — but how it will play into the midterms is less clear.

Your Online Public Engagement is Under Attack from AI
In Los Angeles and elsewhere, AI agents are diluting communities' voices and influencing how decision-makers vote.

Why the tech industry can't keep up with the AI backlash
AI's externalities are growing faster than the industry can address them

AI is now unpopular. That may not make a difference.
AI should be a choice. Here’s where you stand.
Voting has closed. See the final results of the public vote on AI.

AI didn’t sway the election, but it deepened the partisan divide
Artificial intelligence was predicted to disrupt the 2024 election. It ended up shaking people’s faith in truth rather than influencing their vote.
As more Americans adopt AI tools, fewer say they can trust the results | TechCrunch
AI adoption is rising in the U.S., but trust remains low, with most Americans concerned about transparency, regulation, and the technology’s broader societal impact, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

Just 16% of Americans Believe AI Will Positively Impact Society, Pew Poll Finds
Half of Americans now use AI chatbots, up from 33% in the summer of 2024.

Most Americans say AI development is moving too fast and twice as many are AI pessimists as AI optimists
Young adults are more likely than older Americans to believe that AI will create economic gains that benefit everyone, but they are also more likely to worry that AI will replace jobs they depend upon

What does it mean for AI to be democratic?
Some pushback on a specific fuzzy idea with some ominous implications


Do AI and bogus respondents threaten polling’s future?
Courtney Kennedy, vice president of methods and innovation, answers some common questions about the current polling landscape in the U.S.

How Americans see AI impacting human skills; its role in science, matchmaking, religion and more
Majorities don’t want AI to give advice about religion or love. But many say AI should help forecast weather, search for financial crimes, develop medicine and more.

How Americans View AI and Its Impact on Human Abilities, Society
Americans are worried about using AI more in daily life, seeing harm to human creativity and relationships. But they’re open to AI use in weather forecasting, medicine and other data-heavy tasks.

Comparing U.S. and global attitudes toward AI
Five charts on how Americans feel about the current and future impact of AI on society, and how Americans’ views on the technology stack up against the rest of the world
