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Nearly half of Americans haven't used any AI tools for work

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For all the tools on the list, 46% of Americans have used none of them for their work — no chatbots, no office AI features, no coding assistants — according to a Verasight survey of 1,509 U.S. adults conducted July 30-Aug. 4, 2025.

The other 54% have used at least one: 34% a conversational AI like ChatGPT, 27% AI features built into Google Docs, Microsoft 365, or Notion, and 17% Grammarly or another writing tool with AI integration. Fewer have used AI-powered video or content tools or a coding assistant like GitHub Copilot (5% each), image generators like Midjourney or DALL·E (4%), or something else (2%).

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Nearly half of Americans haven't used any AI tools for work.

Which of the following AI tools have you used for your work?

  • None of the above 45.6%
  • ChatGPT or other conversational AIs 33.8%
  • AI features in Google Docs, Microsoft 365, Notion, etc. 27.2%
  • Grammarly or other writing tools with AI integration 17.1%
  • AI-powered video editing or content tools (e.g. Runway, Descript) 5.5%
  • GitHub Copilot or other AI coding assistants 4.5%
  • Midjourney, DALL·E, or other image generation tools 3.6%
  • Other (please specify): 1.7%

2025 · base n 971 · +/- 3.9%

AI Adoption Survey July 2025

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Methodology

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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)
971
Margin of error
+/- 3.9%
Module
AI Adoption Survey July 2025

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AI Adoption Survey July 2025, fielded July 30-August 4, 2025, N=971 US adults age 18+, +/- 3.9%.

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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+.
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Pew Research Center's NPORS benchmarking surveys, three-year running average.
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2024 presidential vote population benchmarks.
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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.
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