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Mar 20, 2026 · Industry Insights

What 81,000 Anthropic Interviews Reveal About Real User Expectations and Concerns for AI

In a massive interview study of 80,508 users across 159 countries, Anthropic uncovers that people want AI to improve their lives—not just speed up work—while simultaneously fearing reliability issues, loss of agency, and emotional dependence, offering concrete guidance for AI product design.