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As more Americans adopt AI tools, fewer say they can trust the results

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What Happened

AI adoption is rising in the U.S., but trust remains low, with most Americans concerned about transparency, regulation, and the technology’s broader societal impact, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.

Our Take

Honestly? Americans not trusting AI while adoption climbs is the market doing exactly what it should. People see this stuff hallucinate confidently, get used for high-stakes decisions with zero validation, and regulators asleep at the wheel. Of course trust is tanking.

The real problem isn't skepticism—it's that skepticism comes *after* deployment instead of before. We're asking people to trust tech that we haven't proven works first. That's backwards. The fact that trust is collapsing is a feature.

What To Do

Factor user skepticism into product decisions—trust is a feature metric, not a bug to fix.

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