Main findings
- Across the 25 countries surveyed, a median of 55% of adults have at least some confidence in their country’s ability to regulate AI, while 32% have no confidence.
- Nearly nine in ten (89%) Indian adults trust their country to regulate AI, the highest percentage in the survey. This includes 71% who are highly trusted.
- Almost two-thirds or more in Indonesia, Israel, Germany, the Netherlands, Australia, and South Africa trust their countries to regulate AI.
- Trust is lowest among Greeks, with 22% trusting their country to regulate AI.
Based on AI’s opinion
Across 19 countries, people who are more excited than concerned about the increasing use of AI in daily life are more likely to trust their country to effectively regulate the technology compared to those who are more concerned than excited.
In Greece, for example, those who are primarily excited about AI are 35 percentage points more likely to trust their country to effectively regulate its use than those who are primarily concerned.
Due to support from the ruling party
Confidence in a country’s ability to regulate AI is also related to support for that country’s ruling party.
In most countries surveyed, supporters of the ruling party are more likely than non-supporters to trust that their country can effectively regulate AI. (In these few countries, people who did not support the ruling party were less likely to respond.)
(Please read Appendix B for more information on how political parties are classified.)
