AI adoption and use

AI tools now reach hundreds of millions of people, but reliable data on who is using them and how remains scarce. Who is using AI, how, and for what? These questions only grow more important as AI capabilities advance faster than benchmarks can measure. Epoch tracks this through original polling and research, examining how AI is being adopted, what is driving or limiting uptake, and how access to frontier capabilities is changing.

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AI use in research
Oct. 30, 2026
AI use in research

Our estimates of the share of papers acknowledging large language model use in physics, biology, statistics, and math.

LLM use is acknowledged almost as often as specialized AI tools in biology preprints
Data Insight
Oct. 30, 2026
LLM use is acknowledged almost as often as specialized AI tools in biology preprints

17% of biology preprints acknowledge LLM use, nearly matching specialized tools like AlphaFold. Epoch AI analyzes trends in AI acknowledgment in research.

By Tara Abrishami

AI use in math research
Updated Oct. 6, 2026
AI use in math research

Our estimates of the number and types of AI use acknowledgments in math research papers submitted to arXiv, obtained by having AI models analyze the full text of preprints that mention AI.

ChatGPT usage
Updated Oct. 1, 2026
ChatGPT usage

Recorded ChatGPT activity from December 2022 to December 2025 among 5,000 US YouGov panelists who used ChatGPT in 2026 and shared their histories.

Can AI automate Epoch?
Report
Oct. 8, 2026
Can AI automate Epoch?

Frontier models can handle well-defined tasks reliably, but fail in the more open-ended aspects that prevent full work automation. Explore Epoch AI's Automation Reports: realistic, open-ended tasks taken directly from our work, manually graded by our own standards.

By Kelly Hong and Greg Burnham

US adults are no more likely to face cyber incidents than when Claude Fable 5 launched
Data Insight
Oct. 7, 2026
US adults are no more likely to face cyber incidents than when Claude Fable 5 launched

June and September polls from Epoch AI/Ipsos show no detectable increase in the share of US adults experiencing cyber incidents

By Caroline Falkman Olsson and Yafah Edelman

Coding-agent spending by OpenAI researchers is doubling roughly every month
Data Insight
Oct. 5, 2026
Coding-agent spending by OpenAI researchers is doubling roughly every month

OpenAI researchers’ coding-agent usage, valued at API prices, has recently been doubling roughly every month, according to breakpoint fits.

By Yafah Edelman and Luke Emberson

Introducing the ChatGPT usage explorer
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Oct. 1, 2026
Introducing the ChatGPT usage explorer

Median monthly messages per active user rose from 14 in 2023 to 36 in 2025, and the top 10% of users sent 63% of all prompts. Epoch AI's ChatGPT usage explorer draws on 8.3 million messages from 5,000 US YouGov panelists.

By Amreeta Das, Yafah Edelman, and Caroline Falkman Olsson

Polling on AI usage
Updated Aug. 14, 2026
Polling on AI usage

Tracking how employed Americans use AI at work, across demographics.

Polling on AI usage (March 2026)
Updated Aug. 14, 2026
Polling on AI usage (March 2026)

Tracking adoption and usage patterns, across demographics. Ipsos survey of 2,021 US adults (March 3-5, 2026).