Reuters/Ipsos Poll: Half of Americans Fear AI Could Displace Someone in Their Household From Work

A Reuters/Ipsos poll published June 10 found roughly half of Americans believe AI could put someone in their household out of work, establishing a new public-sentiment baseline as AI-attributed layoffs reach record levels in Challenger data released the same day. The survey arrives as AI job displacement shifts from abstract concern to reported labor-market reality, with implications for political messaging in an election cycle where AI economic anxiety is an emerging issue. The result lands on a day that produced both the Challenger job-cut figures and a new FSB regulatory report on agentic AI risk.