A survey by the Pew Research Center reveals that only 16% of adults in the US think AI will better society, and young people, who use AI more than any other demographic, are the least convinced. Chatbot use hits 49% in the US. According to data project Jobloss.ai, at least 126,510 jobs in the US have already been lost to computers between January 2025 and June 2026 for reasons linked to the uptake of AI. More than one in three young people surveyed by Pew also said that they expect AI will have a negative impact on them personally over the coming decades. By 2030, powering AI will use as much water as the 1.3 billion people in Sub Saharan Africa, according to the United Nations University. Research by Ipsos reveals that consumers in anglophone countries including the US and the UK are the most worried about AI, whereas people in China and India lean more towards excitement than fear.