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24.3%
of US firms with 1 to 4 employees used AI in a business function in the last two weeks, close to the 24.6% national rate (small firms, USA). All firms: 24.6%.
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49% of US adults say they ever use AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot (Feb 2026)
Data period
Feb 2026 (ends 23 Feb 2026)
Published by the source
17 Jun 2026
Who is counted
5,119 US adults, American Trends Panel, 17-23 Feb 2026.
In the source's words
About half of U.S. adults now use AI chatbots, up from a third in 2024 ... Use chatbots ... 2026 49
Checked at source
23 Oct 2026: Read on pewresearch.org ("Americans and AI 2026", 17 Jun 2026) on 2026-10-23. The 2024 figure (33%) used a different question, so the two are not a clean trend.
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Pew Research Center. (2026). 49% of US adults say they ever use AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot (Feb 2026). Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/us-adults-use-ai-chatbots
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"49% of US adults say they ever use AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot (Feb 2026)." Pew Research Center, Feb 2026. digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/us-adults-use-ai-chatbots.
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49% of US adults say they ever use AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot (Feb 2026), for Feb 2026, according to Pew Research Center. We checked it at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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