1、From experimental to essentialThird annual global report from Google and IpsosJanuary 2026Foreword.Page 2Our life with AI.In 2025,people moved past experimentation and embraced AI in their everyday lives.This shift from exploring with AI to regularly using it as a helpful tool is profound:people now
2、 use AI not only to explore what it can do,but to support them in their own lives,both personally and professionally.For the third year in a row,Google partnered with Ipsosconducting 21,000 interviews across 21 countriesto continue to understand public attitudes toward AI.For the first time,our data
3、 shows that the world has decisively crossed the adoption thresholdwith majorities of the population across all but a few countries reporting using an AI chatbot.AI is no longer a futuristic curiosity;it is an essential tool relied upon by people worldwide.In 2023,people navigated curiosity and unce
4、rtainty around AI following the emergence of Large Language Models(LLMs)and chatbots.In 2024,AI unlocked new benefits for society,from improving flood forecasting to finishing sentences.In 2025,people embraced AI in their everyday lives and experienced the benefits of AI firsthand.Now:Interest in le
5、arning more about AI has grown Using AI to support learning has emerged as a new top AI use case People are using AI to plan,make decisions,and advance their careers More people believe society,workers,and people like them will benefit from AIAs with any new technology,people have concerns about AIi
6、ncluding real worries about AIs impact on workers and concerns about AI in the hands of bad actors.More pessimistic attitudes are pronounced in the West(particularly in the United States and Canada and in some European countries),but globally,excitement about AI continues to outweigh concerns about