By Josh Taylor
Publication Date: 2026-06-05 04:49:00
When a university vice-chancellor admitted this week to using AI in writing an opinion piece for a major Australian imprint but did not disclose that use before publication, it highlighted the growing gap between people’s use of AI and trust in the technology.
Data from Roy Morgan showed this week that 13.6 million, or 58% of the population over 14, now use AI every month, with ChatGPT the most popular, followed by Google’s Gemini and Microsoft Copilot.
Australians aged 25 to 34 were the most likely to use AI (74%), followed by those aged 35 to 49 (72%), showing most workers are now using these tools.
Guardian Australia has reported extensively on the impact it is having on industries in everything from healthcare to the legal system. Because large language models are embedded in products we already use – whether we want to or not – people will use them.
However, Australians deeply distrust AI and the way people use it. A survey by the Office of the Australian…
