What is the consumer sentiment on AI? in World Economy News 12/05/2026 Nearly half of U.S. consumers hold favorable views of artificial intelligence, though sharp divides by age, income and how often people actually use the technology reveal a more fractured picture beneath the headline number, a Morgan Stanley survey showed. 44% of the roughly 2,000 Americans surveyed expressed positive views of AI against 28% negative and 25% neutral, a net favorable reading of 16%, according to the brokerage. Weekly users of the technology were the most bullish, with 74% holding favorable views and just 7% negative, a net score of 66%. Americans aged 55 and older were the only demographic group in negative territory, at 13%. The age gradient was pronounced across the board. Net favorability peaked among 25-to-34-year-olds at 46% and 35-to-44-year-olds at 38%, before falling to 19% among 45-to-54-year-olds and 13% among 16-to-24-year-olds. Income and gender tracked similarly. Households earning $100,000 or more came in 26% net favorable against 7% for those earning under $50,000. Men registered 28% against 6 for women. By political affiliation, conservatives scored 31%, those in the middle 17% and liberals 4%. Among those with positive views, saving time and improving access to information led reasons cited, each at 53%. Productivity gains came in at 37% and positive personal experience at 35%. Benefits such as improving healthcare or supporting economic growth trailed at 24-25%. Opposition to AI draws more on fear than experience. Among the consumers holding negative views, 51% cited fraud and harmful use, 45% misinformation, 44% insufficient safeguards and 42% data privacy. Concern about nationwide job losses stood at 34%, while only 18% worried about their own employment. Opposition to data centers being built nearby was cited by 25%. Just 6% pointed to a negative personal experience with AI tools. On usage, 22% of consumers reported using AI daily for personal purposes in April, with roughly half using it at least weekly, stable since January. Research and learning was the top personal use case at 42%, with recipe searches at 27%. In the workplace, 29% of employed respondents used AI for work tasks in the past month. White-collar workers led adoption at 39% against 22% for blue-collar workers, and reported higher weekly usage at 62% compared with 43% among blue-collar workers. Among those using AI at work, information gathering led at 68%, up from 61% the prior month, while writing and editing tasks stood at 61%, down from 66%. The survey covered approximately 2,000 Americans aged 16 to 75 and carries a margin of error of 1.8% at the 90% confidence level. Source: Investing.com 2026-05-12 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share