E01¶


Research	R0031 — Plural Voice Claims (Blind)
Run	2026-03-29
Claim	C002
Source	SRC01
Evidence	SRC01-E01
Type	Statistical

Ipsos US Consumer Tracker finding on AI trust paradox

URL: https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/people-dont-trust-ai-tools-use-them-anyway

Extract¶

"Two in three people who use AI tools say they don't trust them, but use them anyway."

Key statistics from US-only data: - 53% like using AI tools at work - 73% like using them for personal tasks - Only 29% say they don't check AI's work because they trust it - This data comes from the Ipsos Consumer Tracker surveying Americans only

Relevance to Hypotheses¶

Hypothesis	Relationship	Strength
H1	Contradicts	The "two in three don't trust but use anyway" is US-only, not from a 31-country survey
H2	Supports	Confirms the phenomenon exists but from a different Ipsos product than claimed
H3	Contradicts	The phenomenon is real, just misattributed

Context¶

The Ipsos US Consumer Tracker is a separate product from the Ipsos AI Monitor (which is multi-country). The "66% use despite not trusting" framing appears to originate here or from the KPMG study, not from the 31-country Ipsos AI Monitor.

Notes¶

The "two in three" (66%) figure here refers to the proportion of AI users who don't trust the tools — not 66% of all people using AI. This is a critical distinction.