Americans strongly support regulations on AI
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Jun-2026 05:16 ET (16-Jun-2026 09:16 GMT/UTC)
Most Americans, even those who most appreciate AI, strongly support more regulation of it, a new survey by Johns Hopkins University researchers finds.
More than 70% of Americans want the right to interact with a human rather than an AI in medical, legal, educational and government settings. This proposed regulation and others were endorsed across party lines and by both regular users of AI and novices.
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