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Can Americans spot AI-generated content? Six-in-ten say yes

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In a Verasight survey of 1,509 U.S. adults conducted July 30 to Aug. 4, 2025, 57% of Americans said they were at least somewhat confident they could tell whether content like text, images, or video was generated by AI. Including 41% who said somewhat confident and 16% who said very confident.

About a third said they were not confident (34%), with 21% who said not very confident and 12% who said not at all confident. Another 10% said they were not sure.

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response scale

Topline scale

57% of Americans are confident they can spot AI-generated content.

How confident are you that you can tell whether content (text, images, or video) was generated by AI?

  • Somewhat confident 40.9%
  • Not very confident 21.3%
  • Very confident 15.7%
  • Not at all confident 12.4%
  • Not sure 9.7%

2025 · base n 1,509 · +/- 3.1%

AI Adoption Survey July 2025

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Methodology

Full methodology
Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
Field dates
2025-07-30 → 2025-08-04
Base (unweighted)
1,509
Margin of error
+/- 3.1%
Module
AI Adoption Survey July 2025

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Citation

AI Adoption Survey July 2025, fielded July 30-August 4, 2025, N=1,509 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.1%.

https://reports.verasight.io/reports/ai-adoption-survey-july-2025#how-confident-are-you-that-you-can-tell-whether-content-text-images-or-video-was-generated-by-ai

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Mode
Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting.
Population
US adults age 18+.
Sample design
Surveys are run as omnibus or single-topic waves. Omnibus waves are split into modules with their own respondent set, typically around one thousand respondents per module.
Field window
Each wave specifies its own field dates. Most omnibus waves field across roughly two weeks.
Weighting
Per-module weighting to CPS targets including age, race and ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, and metropolitan status.
Partisanship benchmark
Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
Vote benchmark
2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
Margin of error
Typically about plus or minus 3.4 to 3.6 percent per module at standard module sizes. Question-level MoE is recomputed when a base shrinks materially below the module baseline.
Reporting
Every wave is published as a standalone report at verasight.io/reports with full instrument and methodology.
Transparency
AAPOR transparency standards.

Wave-specific methodology, full weighting variable lists, and verbatim instrument text live in each report at verasight.io/reports.