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Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact

Clockwise, from top right: An employee at an Amazon Web Services lab in Austin, Texas; a woman uses a smartwatch; a student before commencement at the University of Southern California; a person uses ChatGPT on a smartphone. (Mark Felix/AFP, Stefania Pelfini la Waziya, Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News, Smith Collection/Gado, all via Getty Images)

Clockwise, from top right: An employee at an Amazon Web Services lab in Austin, Texas; a woman uses a smartwatch; a student before commencement at the University of Southern California; a person uses ChatGPT on a smartphone. (Mark Felix/AFP, Stefania Pelfini la Waziya, Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News, Smith Collection/Gado, all via Getty Images)
Clockwise, from top right: An employee at an Amazon Web Services lab in Austin, Texas; a woman uses a smartwatch; a student before commencement at the University of Southern California; a person uses ChatGPT on a smartphone. (Mark Felix/AFP, Stefania Pelfini la Waziya, Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News, Smith Collection/Gado, all via Getty Images)
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Clockwise, from top right: An employee at an Amazon Web Services lab in Austin, Texas; a woman uses a smartwatch; a student before commencement at the University of Southern California; a person uses ChatGPT on a smartphone. (Mark Felix/AFP, Stefania Pelfini la Waziya, Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News, Smith Collection/Gado, all via Getty Images)