Half of all US employees now use artificial intelligence at work, crossing landmark threshold for first time — Gallup data shows daily and weekly usage hitting all-time high of 28% in Q1 2026, with 65% feeling positive about its impact on productivity

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Half of all American adults in active employment now use some form of artificial intelligence in their role, according to a new Gallup poll. While that figure relates to the whole number of employees using AI in some form across a year, the active number of daily and weekly users using AI has risen over the last quarter, too.

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