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America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
AI Use at U.S. Businesses
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) by U.S. businesses has grown since December but varied by firm size and sector, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS).
The survey provides a biweekly, nationally representative view of AI implementation across the business landscape.
We reviewed the most recent six months of BTOS data collected from December 14, 2025 to May 3, 2026 to analyze trends in AI business usage.
The BTOS captures two facets of AI adoption, asking the following questions (among others):
- Whether the business used AI in the past two weeks.
- Whether the business expects to use AI in the next six months.
Continue reading to learn more about businesses' use of AI and AI trends across sectors.
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