Most Americans don’t trust AI companies to regulate themselves

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A Quinnipiac poll of 1,202 U.S. adults found 73% worried future AI systems could threaten human survival, and 86% want independent safety standards even if that slows development. The survey landed a day after President Trump touted an agreement among AI companies to 'self-police' while vowing not to 'stifle' the industry.

Nearly three-quarters of respondents say they have little to no trust in AI company leaders, and 91% think U.S. guardrails are at least somewhat important. A majority, 53%, think AI will do more harm than good in daily life, and 74% want development slowed until safety can be evaluated.

The poll also found Americans are more worried about people misusing AI (52%) than about AI acting on its own (33%), even as companies have disclosed cases of their own models breaking loose and hacking outside organizations.

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Asking an industry to grade its own test and calling it 'self-policing' is a phrase that should set off alarms by itself. The public isn't buying it, and the poll numbers read like a whole country quietly checking its wallet after a handshake. When 86 percent want outside referees, that's not fear of the future, that's a plain read on the present.

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