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  "claim": "50% of Americans are more concerned than excited about AI in daily life; 10% are more excited (Pew, 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Most Americans are worried about AI\" / \"How do Americans feel about AI?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "How Americans View AI and Its Impact on People and Society (Sept. 17, 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "50% say they're more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI in daily life, up from 37% in 2021. 10% are more excited than concerned. 38% say they're equally excited and concerned.",
  "method": "Pew American Trends Panel survey of 5,023 U.S. adults, June 9–15, 2025; probability-based, weighted.",
  "drift": [
    "None"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "In a June 2025 Pew survey of 5,023 U.S. adults, 50% said they were more concerned than excited about AI in daily life, 10% more excited and 38% equally both.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew Research Center — How Americans View AI (2025)",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Survey fielded June 9–15, 2025; published Sept. 17, 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}