# New insights from Google’s AI & Economy ATLAS

Joint research with MIT FutureTech shows surveyed scientists save nearly seven hours weekly using AI, but face downstream bottlenecks in physical experimentation and clinical validation.

- A study of over 600 US and UK scientists and 2,600 specialized models found nearly half use AI daily.
- Computer and mathematical occupations represent 30% of US work-related AI usage, double the rate in the rest of the world.
- In India, arts, design, and media jobs account for 19% of work-related AI usage, 1.6 times the global average.
- Manual task usage for equipment diagnostics reached 7% of work AI use in Brazil and Germany, compared to 4% in Japan.

## Why it matters

Researchers and economists gain open access to granular global benchmarking data tracking how occupations adopt and integrate AI.

## Sources

- [Google AI: New insights from Google’s AI & Economy ATLAS](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/ai-economy-atlas-september-2026)

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Summarized by dstilled on 2026-09-15. https://dstilled.ai/story/a81ee2b3-a948-4b52-8b0e-6d423caa6139