Americans are most concerned about the latest tech boom, while South Koreans are the least worried, according to a Pew Research survey.
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People around the world are feeling more concerned than excited about AI’s growing presence in everyday life, and only a small fraction are all in.
The US and Italy have the most concerned citizens, with 50% feeling more concerned than excited, according to a Pew Research survey conducted in spring 2025 and published today. Most Americans (38%) are equally concerned and excited, while just 10% feel mostly excited.
The only country to have fewer citizens more excited than concerned than the US is Canada, at 9%. The most excited country is Israel (29%), followed by South Korea and Sweden (22%), and Nigeria (20%).
That’s a pretty slim showing for the excited crowd. Clearly, the majority across all countries feels some significant amount of apprehension. The study did not list those concerns, but they may include misinformation, biases, data privacy, deepfakes and misleading content, copyright protections, cybersecurity, environmental destruction, and more.
At the same time, ChatGPT usage continues to grow, with 800 million people talking to the chatbot every week, OpenAI says.
