Executives use AI more than their workers do

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A significant subset of business leaders acknowledge they pretend to know more about the technology than they actually do, researchers found.

Published Oct. 7, 2026

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While AI is capturing the imagination of just about every societal group, new research suggests that, in the workplace, usage is more common among executives than among their employees.

In a recent survey of 7,675 U.S. adults, including 1,960 executives and business owners and 1,471 employees, 53.2% of the bosses are using generative AI, compared with 37.9% of other workers.

The gap is even wider for agentic AI, with executives 2.7 times more likely to use it (17.5% vs. 6.6%), according to the research. The data is presented in a reportfrom Channel V Media, a public relations firm that helps companies shape how AI engines...

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