What Teams Trust
What people trust AI to do, and what they check. Each number is a range across primary studies.
24 to 53 of 100 F-21 24–53%
of workers trust AI output at work
Google DORA 2025 · Stack Overflow 2025 · KPMG and Melbourne 2025 41 to 44 of 100 F-22 41–44%
of AI users, or their AI tasks, skip routine checking
KPMG and Melbourne 2025 · Microsoft and CMU 2025 17 to 45 of 100 F-23 17–45%
of AI answers had a serious error on realistic professional questions
Stanford 2025 · EBU and BBC 2025 2 want AI alone, up to 12 want it to lead, out of 100 F-24 2%
want AI deciding fully on its own; most prefer an equal partnership
Stanford 2026 · KPMG and Melbourne 2025 30 to 44 of 100 F-25 30–44%
of workers have used AI against company policy
KPMG and Melbourne 2025 · GoTo 2026 42 to 48 of 100 F-26 42–48%
of workers say they have put company data into public AI tools
KPMG and Melbourne 2025 · Cisco 2025 21 to 29 of 100 F-27 21–29%
of organizations report a breach of, or attack on, their own AI
IBM and Ponemon 2026 · Gartner 2025Each 10 by 10 grid is 100%. Solid orange is the low end of the range across studies, light orange runs to the high end.
Methods, samples and links for every study are at evy.so/facts.