{
    "statement": "of US employer businesses expect to use AI in a business function in the next six months (survey of 5-18 Oct 2026)",
    "value_display": "28.6%",
    "value_numeric": 28.6,
    "unit": "%",
    "data_label": "Oct 2026",
    "data_period_end": "2026-10-18",
    "region": "USA",
    "size": "all",
    "source": {
        "name": "Business Trends and Outlook Survey",
        "publisher": "US Census Bureau",
        "type": "official",
        "url": "https://www.census.gov/"
    },
    "source_url": "https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/National.xlsx",
    "source_quote": "National.xlsx, Response Estimates: \"During the next six months, do you think this business will be using Super Intelligence or SI (formerly referred to as Artificial Intelligence or AI) in any of its business functions?\" Yes, 202621: 28.6%",
    "verification_note": "Read in National.xlsx on census.gov, 2026-10-23. No 45.5%, Do not know 25.8%; SE of Yes 0.21 points. A plan reported by firms, not a forecast.",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+00:00",
    "margin_of_error": "SE 0.21 points",
    "dont_know": "25.8%",
    "data_table": null,
    "revisions": [
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-10-19",
            "kind": "method_change",
            "value_display": null,
            "note": "The SI wording (Executive Order 14434) takes effect with the collection starting 19 Oct 2026 (the date of this entry); 28.6% (collected 5-18 Oct 2026) is the last wave before it."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2026-05-07",
            "kind": "new_data",
            "value_display": "22.8%",
            "note": "Wave ending 3 May 2026."
        },
        {
            "happened_on": "2025-12-04",
            "kind": "method_change",
            "value_display": "21.1%",
            "note": "First wave with the \"any business function\" wording (collected 17-30 Nov 2025)."
        }
    ],
    "page_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/us-business-ai-expected-use",
    "csv_url": "https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/ai/us-business-ai-expected-use.csv"
}