Young Americans' AI Anxiety Keeps Growing. Unlike Older Adults, Their Concern Hasn't Leveled Off.

Pew found that 55% of adults under 30 are now more concerned than excited about AI. Only about one in 10 are more excited than concerned, while roughly one-third say they feel both emotions equally. (Credit: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

Young Americans are emerging as some of the country's most skeptical voices on artificial intelligence even as they remain among the age demographic most likely to use the technology.

For the first time, a majority of U.S. adults under 30 say they are more concerned than excited about the increasing use of AI in daily life, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.