More voters support AI from two years ago but lack confidence
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While large technological companies continue to take the lead in the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in their platforms and workplaces, the latest national survey of Fox News reveals that if AI positive criticisms have increased, many remain skeptical about its role in society.
The survey, published Thursday, finds 43% of AI technology as a good thing for the company, up 5 points from April 2023. However, almost half of the voters, 47%, think that AI is bad for society – roughly where it was two years ago (46% bad in April 2023).
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Overall, urban voters (60%), non -white voters (56%), voters under the age of 45 (53%) and men (52%) are most likely to say that AI is a good thing, while rural voters (55%), white voters (51%), voters 45 and over (49%), and women (55%) are probably say it’s a bad thing.
Opinions are mixed among democrats (44% good, 46% bad), while Republicans are more likely to say that AI is good (47%, 42%). A majority of self -employed think that it is bad (34% of good against 58% bad).
When voters are asked what is their first reaction to AI, without the help of a list, 43%offer a negative response, up 8 points since 2023. The most common responses include fear (15%), distrust (15%) or general negativity (13%). Only 3% of voters say that the possibility that the threat of jobs is their first reaction.
Positive feelings have also increased, as 26%reacts warmly, up 8 points since 2023. These responses include innovation (11%), general positivity (10%) and cautious optimism (5%).
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Others have mixed feelings about AI (9%) or underline the potential for abuse (4%), confusion surrounding AI (2%), the need for regulation (2%), confidentiality problems (2%), the similarity between AI with science fiction (1%) and the need for more research (1%).
“Voters are everywhere on the map with regard to artificial intelligence,” said the republican survey Daron Shaw, who stages the Fox News with Democrat Chris Anderson. “But there has been a slight increase in comfort and positivity as people get married with a world with AI”
Overall, 27% say they regularly use AI platforms, daily (11%) or weekly (16%), while an additional 15% say monthly. A majority (57%) says they rarely use it (19%) or never (38%).
The people most likely to use AI regularly are non -white men (48%per day / weekly), Hispanic voters (45%), urban voters (43%) and voters under 45 (40%). Those who are the least likely rural voters (13%per day / weekly), self -employed (15%), women aged 45 and over (16%) and whites without diploma (17%).
Voters who consider AI to bad for society are more likely to say that they rarely use it (77%) than those who consider AI as a good thing to say that they use it regularly (47%).
By a margin of 21 points, more confident to determine if something they read, see or hear have been created by AI rather than a human (60% confident, 39% no).
The reverse is true in terms of government regulations. A majority lacks confidence that the government can correctly regulate AI (38% of confidence can regulate, 62% non -confident).
More Republicans (52%) believe that the government can correctly regulate the AI than Democrats (30%) and the self -employed (25%), while the majority of each group is convinced that they can identify the content of artificial intelligence.
Directed from June 13 to 16, 2025, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,003 voters registered at random in a national voter file. The respondents maintained themselves with live interviewers on fixed lines (149) and mobile phones (566) or completed the survey online after receiving an SMS (288). The results based on the full sample have a sampling error margin of ± 3 percentage points. The sampling error for the results between the subgroups is higher. In addition to the sampling error, the wording of the question and the order can influence the results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education and area variables to ensure that the demography of respondents is representative of the registered electoral population. Sources to develop weight objectives include the American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis and voter file data.
