Summary: Nearly nine in ten registered voters expect AI to change life in the coming years, with 53% saying it will change things "a lot" — up 10 points since 2023. While 47% find AI somewhat or very useful, 53% describe it as not very or not at all useful. A strong 89% want clear labeling when content is AI-generated, and 44% are extremely concerned about AI eroding trust in news and social media. A slim majority (52%) worry AI could eventually take control of humans.
Most Voters Say AI Will Transform Life — But For Now It’s More Headline Than Reality, Fox News Poll Finds
Fox News Poll: Voters expect AI to transform our lives — but today is not that day
The latest Fox News poll shows that nearly nine in ten registered voters expect artificial intelligence (AI) to reshape life in the coming years — but for most people that change still feels like a headline rather than an everyday reality.
Key Findings
Broad expectation of change: 87% of voters say AI will change the way we live either a lot (53%) or some (34%). The share saying it will change things "a lot" has increased 10 percentage points since 2023 (from 43% to 53%).
Current usefulness: 47% of voters say AI is very or somewhat useful in their day-to-day lives, while a slim majority (53%) say it is not very or not at all useful. More respondents call AI "not at all" useful (29%) than "very" useful (12%).
Who finds AI most useful: Men under 45 (66% very/somewhat useful) and Republicans under 45 (61%) are the groups most likely to report AI usefulness — the only groups with more than 60% saying so. Those least likely to find AI helpful include voters 65 and older (67% not very/not at all useful), women without a college degree (63%), Democrats 45+ (62%), rural voters (62%), and households earning under $50,000 (61%).
Transparency and trust: An overwhelming 89% of voters say people should be clearly notified when images, videos, or written content online are created by AI. Eight in ten voters are extremely (44%) or very (36%) concerned that AI is eroding trust in what we see and hear on news platforms and social media.
Detection confidence and existential worries: 60% of voters feel confident they can tell if something is AI-generated, while 40% do not — a figure unchanged since June 2025. By a narrow 5-point margin, a slim majority (52%) are extremely or very concerned that AI could eventually take control of humans, compared with 47% who are not very or not at all concerned. Concern is highest among very conservative voters (63%), MAGA supporters (61%), households earning under $50,000 (59%), Hispanic voters (58%), and Republicans overall (58%).
Unexpected Sidebar: Belief In Extraterrestrial Life
Separately, the poll finds 74% of voters believe life did or does exist on other planets, compared with 24% who say life never existed elsewhere. Belief is higher among Democrats (78%), independents (77%), Catholics (77%), and White voters (76%) than among Republicans (68%), Protestants (67%), White evangelicals (64%), Black voters (65%), and Hispanics (68%).
Methodology
The survey was conducted Feb. 28–March 2, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R). It included interviews with 1,004 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Interviews were completed by live interviewers on landlines (104) and cellphones (642), and online after a text invitation (258). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points; subgroup margins are larger. Weights were applied for age, race, education, and area to reflect the registered voter population.
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