B
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73%
73% -- consumer sentiment ai existential risk concern for US consumers (2026)
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73%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Geography
US
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B
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95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Quinnipiac University
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Tier A
https://www.fastcompany.com/91616915/over-70-of-americans-are-concerned-about-ais-existential-risks-… ↗
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Over 70% of Americans are concerned about AI’s existential risks, polling shows
A Quinnipiac University national poll strongly suggests that Americans’ fears about AI now go well beyond job losses and energy cost hikes because of new data centers. Fears about AI threatening humanity have gone mainstream.
The poll, released Wednesday, found that 73% of Americans are either ve…
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Quinnipiac University
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Quinnipiac University national poll
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US consumers: 73% consumer sentiment ai existential risk concern. Source: Quinnipiac University (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/americans-concerned-ai-existential-risk-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/americans-concerned-ai-existential-risk-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>73%</strong> -- consumer sentiment ai existential risk concern for US consumers<br><small>Source: Quinnipiac University (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/americans-concerned-ai-existential-risk-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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