{"id":3111798,"date":"2026-04-13T11:55:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=3111798"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:20:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:20:59","slug":"stanford-report-highlights-growing-disconnect-between-ai-insiders-and-everyone-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/04\/13\/stanford-report-highlights-growing-disconnect-between-ai-insiders-and-everyone-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford report highlights growing disconnect between AI insiders and everyone else"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AI experts and the public’s opinion on the technology are increasingly diverging, according to<\/a> Stanford University’s annual report<\/a> on the AI industry, which was released<\/a> Monday. In particular, the report noted a growing trend of anxiety around AI and, in the U.S., concerns about how the technology will impact key societal areas, such as jobs, medical care, and the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report’s findings follow growing negative sentiment about AI, with Gen Z reportedly leading the way, according to a recent Gallup poll<\/a>. The study found that young people were growing less hopeful and more angry about the technology, even though around half<\/a> of the demographic was using AI either daily or weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some working in tech, the AI backlash has come as a surprise. AI leaders have focused on managing the possibility of Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI <\/a> \u2014 a theoretical form of AI superintelligence that could perform any task a human could do and think for itself. But everyday folks are more concerned about AI’s impact on their paycheck and whether or not their power bills will go up as energy-hungry data centers are built<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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tbh it's weird that parts of the tech industry are still shocked by ongoing anti-AI public narratives

when the leaders of OpenAI and Anthropic are like "if we do nothing this is going to suck for a lot of people", what do you think the sentiment is going to be?<\/p>— David Zhou (@dz) April 13, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>