51%
of US adults aged 65 and over say federal AI regulation will not go far enough, against 41% of all adults and 38% of those aged 18–29
What the chart shows
In the CHIP50 survey of 2025, 41% of US adults said federal regulation of AI will not go far enough, 27% that it will go too far and 33% were not sure. People aged 65 and over were the most likely to say it will not go far enough (51%) and the least likely to say it will go too far (16%).
Education made a difference: 46% of college graduates said regulation will not go far enough, against 34% of those with a high school education or less. Democrats (45%) were more likely than Republicans (40%) to say so. Black respondents were the only group more likely to say regulation will go too far (34%) than not far enough (32%).
Key numbers
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Aged 65+, not far enough | 51% |
| All adults, not far enough | 41% |
| All adults, too far | 27% |
| College+, not far enough | 46% |
| High school or less, not far enough | 34% |
| Black, too far / not far enough | 34% / 32% |
How to read it
- CHIP50 (Civic Health and Institutions Project) survey of US adults, 2025. Groups overlap: each respondent appears in one group per category (gender, race, age, income, education, area, party).
- Shares are rounded, so rows add up to between 99% and 101%.
- The CSV stores income bands with HTML-encoded dollar signs; they are shown here as $30K–$69,999 and so on.
Source: CHIP50, 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 9.3.6: Attitude toward AI federal regulation in the US by demographic group, 2025. Chart and text by AI Adoption.
Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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Numbers checked against the published data on 20 October 2026.
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