# People are less comfortable raising sensitive topics with AI than with another person

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## Reading

Confiding in an AI assistant does not sit as easily with Americans as confiding in a person they know. Nearly half (48%) say they would be less comfortable discussing sensitive personal topics with an AI, including 36% who say much less comfortable, according to a September 2025 Verasight survey of 1,519 U.S. adults.

Far fewer (18%) say they would be more comfortable with the AI, including 5% who say much more comfortable. Another 21% say it would feel about the same, and 13% are not sure.

## Topline

Compared with talking to a human you know, how comfortable would you be discussing sensitive personal topics with an AI assistant?

People are less comfortable raising sensitive topics with AI than with another person.

- Much less comfortable with AI: 36.4%
- About the same: 20.9%
- Somewhat more comfortable with AI: 13.1%
- Don’t know/Not sure: 12.7%
- Somewhat less comfortable with AI: 11.9%
- Much more comfortable with AI: 5.0%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2025-09-03 → 2025-09-08
- Base (unweighted): 1,519
- Margin of error: +/- 3.3%
- Module: AI Adoption Survey August 2025
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/august-ai-survey-2025#comfort-discussing-sensitive-topics-with-ai](https://reports.verasight.io/r/august-ai-survey-2025#comfort-discussing-sensitive-topics-with-ai)

## Citation

AI Adoption Survey August 2025, fielded September 3-8, 2025, N=1,519 United States adults, +/- 3.3%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/august-ai-survey-2025#comfort-discussing-sensitive-topics-with-ai](https://reports.verasight.io/r/august-ai-survey-2025#comfort-discussing-sensitive-topics-with-ai)