26% of US workers used paid AI for work in the previous week

A survey by Epoch AI and Ipsos, conducted October 9–11 among 2,015 U.S. adults including 1,291 employed respondents, found that 26% of U.S. workers used paid AI services for work in the prior seven days, counting company-funded, self-funded, and shared-cost subscriptions. Another 15% used only free AI tools for work, while 55% reported no work-related AI use in the past week, and 3% did not know who covered the cost. The finding matters because it shows paid AI adoption in the workplace is far from universal and that the 26% figure cannot be read as the share of workers paying for AI subscriptions themselves.