Gen Z and AI: The Heaviest Users Are Turning Against It

Gen Z and young millennials are the most fluent users of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, relying on them daily for school, search and even emotional support.

Yet in the United States they have flipped from the age group least worried about AI in 2021 to a majority that is more concerned than excited, with excitement falling and anger rising even among daily users.

We map AI adoption generation by generation with Pew, Gallup and Stanford data: who uses which tools and how often, what each age actually does with them, and why teenagers stay hopeful while young adults entering work do not.

Then we follow the split into the economy, politics and the race between the AI labs, and name the signal that will show whether this is a life stage or a lasting generational divide.

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