Most Americans support government regulation of AI
Washington DC, August 25, 2025 – Amid widespread concerns over the impact of Artificial Intelligence, a bipartisan majority of Americans supports government efforts to regulate AI, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in August.
A majority of Americans express concern over AI putting too many people out of work permanently (71%) and 67% say AI will have unpredictable consequences that people will ultimately not be able to control. Consistent with these views, majorities say the government should regulate AI to ensure economic stability (61%) and ensure public safety (68%), a sentiment that holds true across partisan groups.
The poll also finds that Americans have mixed opinions on how their personal financial situation has changed over the last year, with 39% agreeing that their personal financial situation is better year and 47% disagreeing.
This Reuters/Ipsos poll was conducted August 13-18, 2025, among 4,446 Americans.
About the Study
This poll was conducted August 13-18, 2025, by Ipsos on behalf of Reuters, using the probability-based KnowledgePanel®. This poll is based on a nationally representative probability sample of 4,446 general population adults aged 18 or older.
The study was conducted in English. The data were weighted to adjust for gender by age, race and ethnicity, census region, metropolitan status, education, household income, and political party identification. Political party identification benchmarks are from the 2025 NPORS annual survey. The demographic benchmarks came from the 2024 March supplement of the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS).
- Gender (Male, Female) by Age (18–29, 30–44, 45-59 and 60+)
- Race/Hispanic Ethnicity (White Non-Hispanic, Black Non-Hispanic, Other, Non-Hispanic, Hispanic, 2+ Races, Non-Hispanic)
- Education (Less than High School, High School, Some College, Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree or higher)
- Census Region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West)
- Metropolitan status (Metro, non-Metro)
- Household Income (Under $25,000, $25,000-$49,999, $50,000-$74,999, $75,000-$99,999, $100,000-$149,999, $150,000+)
- Political Party ID (Democrat, Lean Democrat, Republican, Lean Republican, Independent/Something else)
The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 1.5 percentage points at the 95% confidence level, for results based on the entire sample of adults. The margin of sampling error takes into account the design effect, which was 1.11. The margin of sampling error is higher and varies for results based on sub-samples. In our reporting of the findings, percentage points are rounded off to the nearest whole number. As a result, percentages in a given table column may total slightly higher or lower than 100%. In questions that permit multiple responses, columns may total substantially more than 100%, depending on the number of different responses offered by each respondent.
For more information on this news release, please contact:
Alec Tyson
Senior Vice President, US
Public Affairs
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Annaleise Azevedo Lohr
Vice President, US
Public Affairs
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