--- title: Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI... description: Stanford's 2026 AI Index report reveals a widening gap between AI experts and the general public on the technology's societal impact. While 56% of AI experts... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/stanford-report-highlights-growing-disconnect-between-ai-insiders-and-everyone-else-zlnl7bkyq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else | daily.dev og:description: Stanford's 2026 AI Index report reveals a widening gap between AI experts and the general public on the technology's societal impact. While 56% of AI experts... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/stanford-report-highlights-growing-disconnect-between-ai-insiders-and-everyone-else-zlnl7bkyq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/zlnL7bKYq.png og:image:alt: Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Stanford's 2026 AI Index report reveals a widening gap between AI experts and the general public on the technology's societal impact. While 56% of AI experts believe AI will positively impact the U.S. over the next 20 years, only 10% of Americans say they are more excited than concerned. The divergence is especially stark around jobs (73% of experts positive vs. 23% of the public), medical care (84% vs. 44%), and the economy (69% vs. 21%). U.S. trust in government to regulate AI responsibly sits at just 31%, the lowest among surveyed nations. Growing anxiety, particularly among Gen Z, is fueling a broader backlash, even as global perception of AI's net benefits slightly improved from 55% to 59% between 2024 and 2025. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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