AI is already on the job, and Census is keeping count
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August 19, 2026 05:19 PM ET
New U.S. Census Bureau data shows that AI is quickly becoming a routine workplace tool, while government leaders are finding that training, guardrails and employee-led experimentation can help turn everyday use into meaningful adoption.
Most people probably associate the U.S. Census Bureau with the massive effort to count everyone in the country once every 10 years. But Census researchers are hardly sitting around waiting for the next decennial tally. The agency constantly surveys Americans about how they live, work and even play. The resulting information helps government agencies set policy, support programs and track how conditions across the country are changing.
And lately, that changing world includes a lot of artificial intelligence.
In March, the Census Bureau’s Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey asked U.S. workers whether they were using AI on the job and, perhaps more importantly,...
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