12% of American workers use artificial intelligence in their roles every day

When Anthropic this month announced Claude Cowork, an AI agent designed to help the everyman’s working day run a little smoother, it certainly caused a splash, sinking software stocks and scaring the life out of startup founders around the world.

Per a new Gallup survey, however, the American workforce has already been getting more hands-on with the tech, even BC (Before Cowork). According to the findings published yesterday, AI use in the workplace continued to rise in the last quarter of 2025, with the share of daily, frequent, and total users all growing in Q4.

Indeed, in only about 2.5 years, the percentage of US employees who use the tech every day in their professional lives has tripled, while the share of those using it at least “a few times a week” or at least “a few times a year” have both more than doubled as well, per Gallup’s latest data.

Still, whether the rise (and rise again) of the machines that help people to get their jobs done comes as any big shock to you likely depends on your office, your company, or even the industry that you work in.

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