The news events that Americans were most likely to have heard a lot about in mid-February were the shutdown of USAID, layoffs of federal workers, and Elon Musk’s claims of fraud in federal agencies.

Increasing shares of Americans are feeling skeptical about AI and expecting it to have a negative impact on society.

Americans’ trust in the media to state the facts fully, accurately, and fairly is low: Only 29% say they have a fair amount or a great deal of trust, compared to 44% who do in Donald Trump’s administration.

A new YouGov survey explored how Americans feel about social media platforms and how those platforms regulate and display content. The majority of Americans are spending an average of at least an hour per day on social media.

A new YouGov survey finds that an increasing share of Americans are using AI tools, but many still don't trust the technology. Older Americans are particularly likely to worry about the impact of AI.

This week’s Economist/YouGov poll covers immigration, terrorism, TikTok, and health care.

More Americans are now enthusiastic about autonomous vehicles, say they'd be willing to try one, believe they are safe, and support allowing them in their cities.

A new YouGov survey explored how Americans perceive media coverage of 16 celebrities — including former child stars such as Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan — and whether they feel celebrity coverage has gotten more or less fair in the past 20 years.

This figure has steadily risen, from 29% in March 2023. Among employed Americans who think the U.S. job market is bad, 58% think AI advances will decrease the number of jobs in their industry.

Americans are split as to whether they approve of presidential candidates using TikTok for campaigning purposes. 31% of Americans approve of candidates using TikTok to share content related to their campaigns, while 39% disapprove of it.

Some Americans are concerned that their data and copyrighted material is being used to train AI models without their permission.

The technology that Americans who have heard of it are most likely to think will become widespread is 3D printing; this also is the technology that people who have heard of it are most likely to say would be good for society.

Industries in which Americans believe AI has had a more positive than negative impact include manufacturing, health care, and transportation.

A new YouGov survey finds that some people believe AI is already smarter than people, and some even worry that it’s going to be the thing that ends humanity altogether.

Most American adults have unfavorable views of the social network TikTok and more would support a law requiring TikTok's Chinese owners to sell it than would oppose one. Younger adults are the most likely to use TikTok and the most likely to oppose such a law.

While nearly all remember being aware of the Y2K problem and a majority recall most other people being concerned about it, few say they personally were very worried about it, and few believe it caused major disruptions.

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.