Americans’ use of the ChatGPT is on the rise, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in February, 2024. The results indicated that 23 percent of U.S. adults say they have ever used the chatbot, up from 18 percent in July 2023.

The February survey also asked Americans about several ways they might use ChatGPT, including for workplace tasks, for learning and for fun. While growing shares of Americans are using the chatbot for these purposes, the public is more wary than not of what the chatbot might tell them about the 2024 U.S. presidential election. About four in ten adults have not too much or no trust in the election information that comes from ChatGPT. By comparison, just 2 percent have a great deal or quite a bit of trust in the information.

Of course, most Americans still haven’t used the chatbot, despite the uptick revealed by the new survey. But some groups remain far more likely to have used it than others.

In adults under age 30, 43 percent have used ChatGPT, up 10 percentage points since last summer. Use of the chatbot is also up slightly among those ages 30 to 49 and 50 to 64. Still, these groups remain less likely than their younger peers to have used the technology. Just 6 percent of Americans 65 and older have used ChatGPT.

Highly educated adults are most likely to have used ChatGPT: 37 percent of those with a postgraduate or other advanced degree have done so, up 8 points since July 2023. This group is more likely to have used ChatGPT than those with a bachelor’s degree only (29 percent), some college experience (23 percent) or a high school diploma or less (12 percent).

The share of employed Americans who have used ChatGPT on the job increased from 8 percent in March 2023 to 20 percent in February 2024, including an 8-point increase since July.

Turning to U.S. adults overall, about one in five have used ChatGPT to learn something new (17 percent) or for entertainment (17 percent). These shares have increased from about one in 10 in March 2023.