Americans are cooling somewhat on cryptocurrency. Ownership is down and the share of Americans who believe almost all or most cryptocurrency companies are a “scam” has increased.

Majorities of Americans say they’re very or somewhat worried about driverless cars (76%), that they would feel very or somewhat unsafe as a passenger in a driverless car (68%), and that they strongly or somewhat oppose allowing self-driving taxis to operate in their town (56%).

At least half of people are very concerned about the erosion of personal privacy (54%), the manipulation of human behavior (53%), an increase in the power of surveillance states (50%), and the replacement of human jobs (50%).

Of the technologies asked about, Americans are most likely to say that "a chatbot that immediately answers customer questions" is an example of AI, with 76% identifying it as such.

One possible driver of bipartisan support for a ban on U.S. investment in high-tech Chinese sectors is concern about technological competition with China. Three in four Americans (73%) say China poses at least a somewhat serious technological threat to the U.S.

While AI is seen as having the potential to excel at a variety of technical and analytical tasks, humans are still likely to be trusted more for certain tasks requiring emotional intelligence, ethical judgment, and creative intuition.

Ahead of the first ever Olympics eSports week in June 2023, we explore how esports followership varies globally.

When it comes to the national rankings, The Weather Channel is followed by national public broadcaster PBS (+30), the U.K. news outlet BBC (+29), and The Wall Street Journal (+24) in national trust.

Majorities of Americans favor the U.S. sending astronauts in the future to the moon (64%) and to Mars (57%).

New YouGov polling finds that Americans are divided in their views on how advances in AI will affect the K-12 education system, with slightly more saying they will have a very or somewhat negative impact (36%) rather than a positive impact (25%).

Half of American TV watchers say they rewatch episodes of TV they've seen before at least once a week.Two-thirds of TV watchers say they've seen the same season of TV at least twice, and nearly half have seen the same season at least three times.

By 54% to 22%, Americans say they don’t think AI could learn to be moral.

Picture a world where social media platforms cater to the preferences of their users. A recent YouGov poll asked Americans about their ideal platform, including how positively or negatively they view various settings and options.

AI is perceived as a major threat to humanity — though at least four other potential bringers of doomsday cause concern among even more Americans.

Using the powerful YouGov BrandIndex, the top 10 biggest brand movers are determined across 13 metrics within media consumption, brand health, and purchase intent.

New polling from the Economist and YouGov finds that by 51% to 23%, Americans approve of the Biden administration's demand that the Chinese owners of TikTok sell their stakes in the app or else the United States will ban it.

The largest percentages believe that AI will decrease the number of jobs available in the fields of manufacturing, customer service, and retail sales.

A new YouGov poll finds that 88% of Americans believe social media is at least somewhat responsible for the increase of depression among teenagers.

While at least three in five Americans say that the invention of the internet (64%) or smartphone (62%) have overall been positive developments for humanity, just 38% say the same about the invention of social media.

The poll finds that certain forms of digital media — such as DVDs and CDs — remain somewhat widespread, with 41% and 40% saying they currently watch or listen to them, respectively.