Poll: Two-Thirds of Americans Trust No Major AI Developer, 70% Want Mandatory Safety Audits
NinaDSchick · x · 2026-08-21
Nina Schick released the first edition of the HAPI (Human AI Perception Index) poll focused on America:
- Two thirds of Americans do not trust any of the major AI developers (models and compute providers).
- 69% are not confident AI companies will act responsibly; only 13% are.
- Seven out of ten want mandatory independent safety audits before new model releases.
Deeper findings: 48% view AI negatively (29% "very negatively"), and 55% believe AI will make society worse over the next ten years—the abundance narrative has not landed. Despite soaring frontier revenue (e.g., Anthropic's $70bn annualized run rate), penetration remains low: only 10% use AI daily. The author argues there is "all to play for" in attitudes toward intelligence itself. A fuller report is due next week.
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