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37%

37% -- pct citing role specific ai examples as adoption enabler for US full-time workers already using AI at work at least weekly (2026)

2026  · n=1,002  · Adobe

37% of US full-time workers who use AI weekly cited role-specific examples of how AI applies to their job as an enabler for wider creative AI use.

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37%
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2026
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US full-time workers already using AI at work at least weekly
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1,002
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Confidence: 28/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Adobe AI Study: Relevance, Not Reluctance, Blocks Use
The 1,002 US workers in Adobe’s survey all use AI weekly, yet only 9% use it mostly for creative work, and 47% say the reason is that nobody has shown them how it applies to their role. The 1,002 US workers in Adobe’s survey all use AI weekly, yet only 9% use it mostly for creative work, and 47% say…
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US full-time workers already using AI at work at least weekly: 37% pct citing role specific ai examples as adoption enabler. Source: Adobe (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/adobe-enabler-role-examples-37pct
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