A new study reveals a striking trust gap between AI experts, who are upbeat about the technology's potential, and a wary public anxious about AI's impacts and concerned over its responsible regulation by governments and companies.
While early adopters of AI in manufacturing initially faced productivity declines from replacing human workers with robots, over time surviving firms that embraced AI outperformed in sales growth, productivity, and employment, while older and larger companies struggled to adapt and reap AI's long-term benefits.
While AI experts are optimistic about AI's positive impact on the U.S. in the next 20 years, the public remains wary, with concerns over job losses and AI's role in elections and news, highlighting a gap in perceptions between experts and the general public.
Developers eagerly adopt AI coding assistants, with ChatGPT leading the charge, embraced by 91% for learning and code generation, while expressing excitement over productivity gains and apprehensions about code quality and job displacement.
ChatGPT doubles to 400 million weekly users as AI video models from Hailuo, Kling AI, and Sora gain traction, while newcomer DeepSeek rapidly attracts over 10 million users in bid to rival ChatGPT.