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Health and wellness influencers promote some kind of product or service in 38% of posts, most often guides and other information, and many followers act on it.
Data centers are expanding fast to power AI, and public backlash is growing. Here are some key facts on their locations, energy use and Americans’ views.
Americans are generally open to AI handling administrative and medical tasks, but they largely don’t want AI operating without human oversight. About half (47%) say AI will make the relationship between patients and their doctors worse, compared with 10% who say it will make it better.
Just over half of health and wellness content on social media focuses on healthy living, while about a third discusses medical topics. And 38% of posts have a product or service promotion.
Americans’ views of data centers have turned more negative since January. But many are unsure or unfamiliar with them.
About eight-in-ten U.S. adults say they are currently taking at least one supplement for their health, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.
About seven-in-ten U.S. adults (72%) say it’s extremely or very important that a doctor or other healthcare provider tells them if they’re using AI in their healthcare.
Americans use chatbots for a host of health-related reasons, from helping make diagnoses on their own to learning more about information they may have gotten from a doctor. Nearly all chatbot health users find this AI information helpful.
Hispanic, Black and Asian adults are more likely than White adults to get health information from social media and turn to health and wellness influencers.
About six-in-ten Americans say countries around the world, including the U.S., will not do enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change. This growing pessimism is driven by Democrats.
