According to a 2024 survey conducted in the United States, around 25 percent of responding adults claimed to have used artificial intelligence-powered online search engines to test the new technology. Around 12 percent of respondents mentioned the accuracy of AI-generated search results as reasons for using these tools, and another 17 percent of respondents claimed the chatbot-style results led them faster to find their answers.
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Reasons for using artificial intelligence-powered online search engines according to adults in the United States in February 2024
Characteristic
Share of respondents
I have not used this before
36%
I wanted to test out the technology/innovation
25%
I find the chatbot-style results help me find answers faster
17%
I find the results more accurate
12%
I trust AI-generated content more than human-generated content
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