Half of American workers now say they use some form of artificial intelligence in their role, pushing the number above the critical point for the first time.
New Gallup research found that 50% of employees now report using AI tools in the workplace in some capacity, up 4% from the previous quarter and up 21% from the same period just three years ago.
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AI acceptance
Gallup’s survey took place from February 4 to February 19, 2026, and specifically asked 23,717 US employees how often they used AI as part of their role and what effect it had on their work.
It found that the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace is also on the rise, with 13% of employees now saying they use artificial intelligence on a daily basis and 28% reporting that they use it a few times a week or more.
Overall, companies seem to be getting to grips with the changes, with 41% of employees reporting that their organization has integrated AI in an effort to improve organizational practices, up three points from the previous quarter.
Workers at AI-friendly companies were more likely to report “disruption” and both positive and negative changes in staffing levels, along with a boost in productivity.
But only about one in 10 employees at organizations using AI said they strongly agree that the technology has changed how work is done in their organization.
The survey found that 27% of employees at companies that embrace AI say their workplace has changed in disruptive ways to a large or very large extent in the past year – compared to just 17% at non-AI companies.
More and more workers are expressing concern about the impact AI will have on their jobs, with a shocking 18% of all employees surveyed saying it would be very or somewhat likely that their jobs will be eliminated within the next five years due to AI or automation.
“Most employees who use AI report improvements in their productivity and efficiency, especially in leadership and knowledge-based roles where they can easily apply AI to day-to-day tasks,” Gallup noted in its report.
“For many workers, however, these benefits appear at the level of individual tasks rather than broader workplace systems. While some employees report transformational effects, relatively few say AI has fundamentally changed how work is done across their organization.”
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