Public Opinion
1 item across 1 edition. First seen Wed 23 Sep, last seen Wed 23 Sep.
- Gallup, in results published 22 September from research with Microsoft, reports a median of 81% awareness of AI tools and a median of 43% who have ever used AI across 37 countries and territories, from nationally representative samples of about 1,000 adults aged 15 and over in each, surveyed April to July 2026, with margins of error from ±2.2 to ±4.9 percentage points.
- On optimism that AI will mostly help their country, Gallup reports 93% in China and 91% in Vietnam against 36% in the United States, 35% in Egypt and 34% in Bangladesh. Across all 37, a median of 72% reported at least one positive emotion about AI and 41% at least one negative emotion.
- Negative emotions outweighed positive ones in only three of the 37 countries: "the United States, Egypt and the State of Palestine". 404 Media, reporting the same research, quotes Gallup senior scientist Pablo Diego-Rosell placing the Netherlands, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Ireland and Malta near the top on worry — a pattern Gallup frames as wealthy, high-adoption countries being the most concerned.
- This is the first 37 of a planned 140 countries, so the medians will move as fieldwork continues. Microsoft is a co-sponsor of the research, and self-reported use is not measured use.