Americans’ use of ChatGPT is ticking up, but few trust its election information

It’s been more than a year since ChatGPT’s public debut set the tech world abuzz. And Americans’ use of the chatbot is ticking up: 23 percent of US adults say they have ever used it, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in February 2024, up from 18 percent in July 2023. The February survey also asked Americans about several ways they might use ChatGPT, including for workplace tasks, for learning and for fun. While growing shares of Americans are using the chatbot for these purposes, the public is more wary than not of what the chatbot might tell them about the 2024 US presidential election. About four in ten adults have not too much or no trust in the election information that comes from ChatGPT. By comparison, just 2 percent have a great deal or quite a bit of trust. Distrust far outweighs trust regardless of political party. About four in ten Republicans and Democrats alike (including those who lean toward each party) have not too much or no trust at all in ChatGPT’s election information.