Europe might be slower to adopt artificial intelligence (AI) than the United States because of how its businesses are structured, according to new research.
The report from Brookings Institute surveyed more than 5,000 people in the United States and six European countries to find out how regularly they use AI at work: France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy and the United Kingdom in June 2025 and February 2026.
The study measures both company-level integration and individual use of AI in the workplace.
It then compared that data to the US business census and Europe’s ICT Usage and E-Commerce in Enterprise survey to find out how people are using AI at work.
American companies are more likely to integrate AI into daily operations, with an estimated 34% using AI for any purpose, compared to an EU-wide average of 20% At the individual level, 43% of US respondents say they use AI in their work, compared to 32% in Europe in 2026.
