Even Americans who use AI every day are worried about it

Using AI every day is not making Americans warm and fuzzy about it. Gallup’s new survey finds that 68% of U.S. daily users still worry about the technology, and concern rises even higher among people who use it less often. That undercuts the easy story that more usage automatically means more enthusiasm.

The U.S. also stands out as one of the more anxious places in the data. Gallup says 74% of Americans overall reported feeling worried about AI, while only 36% expect it to mostly help the country. Canada looks similar: 29% of people surveyed there said they use AI daily, and more than half of those users said they were concerned about its impact.

The survey, commissioned by Microsoft, currently covers 37 countries with about 1,000 people polled in each one between April and July. The project is supposed to grow to 140 countries. India, Australia, and Malaysia are not in the reported results yet, which matters because the picture is still incomplete.

What’s striking is how different the mood is elsewhere. In Singapore, where 46% reported daily use, more than 80% of people aware of AI expect it to improve everyday life, and 77% think it will help the country. China and Israel show similar optimism, even if trust is weaker than belief in the technology’s upside.

That split runs through the whole report. Gallup’s senior scientist Pablo Diego-Rosell says people can be curious, hopeful, and still uneasy about whether AI is accurate. In the U.S., only 45% of daily users said they trust its results a lot, while the median across countries was 36%. So yes, people are using the tools. No, that does not mean they’ve signed up for the whole bill of goods.