AI is accelerating its integration into daily workflows!

According to the latest survey data released by the internationally renowned polling firm Gallup, the popularity of AI in the US workplace is experiencing explosive growth. As of the end of 2025, about 12% of US employees stated that they "use AI tools every day," a significant leap compared to a year ago. This clearly confirms that AI is rapidly integrating into daily workflows, reshaping workplace work patterns and efficiency boundaries.

Gallup's survey covers the working population in various industries and positions in the United States, comprehensively presenting the current status and development trends of AI applications in the workplace. The survey results show that the popularization of AI in the workplace is not evenly promoted, but presents a distinct "group differentiation" feature: its use is highly concentrated in the high skilled and highly educated white-collar work group, who become the core users of AI tools with stronger learning ability and job adaptability; In contrast, the daily usage rate of AI is still relatively low in low skilled positions or positions with high automation risks, and has not yet formed a large-scale application trend.

1、 Popularization and acceleration: the transformation from "optional tools" to "daily necessities"

From slow penetration a year ago to a daily usage rate of 12% today, the popularity of AI in the US workplace has exceeded market expectations, driven by a dual drive of technological iteration and workplace demand. With the continuous optimization of tools such as generative AI and intelligent office assistants, their application scenarios have covered multiple high-frequency work processes such as copywriting, data organization, customer communication, and solution optimization, greatly reducing the work threshold for professionals, improving work efficiency, and gradually transforming AI from an "optional tool" to a "daily necessity" for some positions.

This trend is not unique to the United States, but a common trend in the global workplace. According to McKinsey's data from January 2025, 30% of employees worldwide are using generative AI to complete work tasks, and 34% of employees expect to use AI to complete over 30% of work tasks within one year, confirming the irreversibility of AI integration into the workplace. As a leading market for AI technology research and application, the United States' increasing popularity in the workplace also provides practical examples for other regions around the world to refer to.

2、 Group differentiation: High skilled white-collar workers lead, low skilled positions lag behind

The "group differentiation" of AI applications revealed by Gallup survey has become a core feature of the current popularization of AI in the workplace. High skilled and highly educated white-collar workers, such as practitioners in the fields of law, engineering, finance, and the Internet, are the main users of AI tools - they use AI to complete professional work such as literature retrieval, data modeling, contract review, code optimization, etc., free themselves from tedious basic work, and focus on more creative and decision-making core work.

The data from the Pew Research Center also confirms this trend, showing that 19% of American workers are in "AI highly exposed" positions, with office and administrative support accounting for 46%, legal accounting for 44%, and engineering accounting for 37%. These positions are mostly in the high skilled or repetitive white-collar category, and are more compatible with AI tools. On the contrary, low skilled positions such as basic physical labor and simple data entry (without automation) have a low daily usage rate of AI due to their single job content, low technical adaptability, and limited acceptance and learning ability of practitioners towards AI tools.