Regular AI Use at Work and Home Nearly Doubled in Poland

Almost every other Polish office worker now turns to artificial intelligence daily or at least once a week. A new report from Future Mind shows that regular use of generative AI at work grew from 27.3 to 46.2 percent within a single year, while private use rose from 24 to 40 percent.

What the report shows

The report "How AI Is Changing Poles' Daily Lives" was commissioned by Future Mind, a technology implementation agency. Data was collected through computer-assisted web interviews among 1,047 office and white-collar workers across various industries, in partnership with research agency SW Research. Fieldwork ran from November 27 to December 8, 2025, and the results were compared with an equivalent survey from a year earlier.

The most striking shift concerns professional life. The share of people who had never used generative AI at work fell from 34.7 to 19 percent. At the same time, the group of regular users, those turning to AI tools daily or at least once a week, grew from 27.3 to 46.2 percent. That means that within twelve months, AI went from an occasionally used tool to a part of the daily professional routine for nearly half of respondents.

Private use cases

A similar trend is visible outside work. 85.7 percent of Poles have had some contact with generative AI in their private lives, and 40 percent use it regularly, up from 24 percent a year earlier. The most common uses are searching for information and creating summaries, cited by 50.1 percent of respondents, learning and personal development (36.2 percent), and technical help with devices (33.8 percent).

The report's authors note that AI is no longer treated solely as a work tool and increasingly accompanies everyday small tasks, from planning shopping to helping children with homework. This shift from strictly professional to private use aligns with findings from other market studies, which have previously shown growing adoption of tools like ChatGPT among the youngest and oldest age groups.

Less fear, but not fearless

As usage grows, anxiety levels are falling. The share of respondents reporting strong anxiety about AI's presence in their lives dropped from 40.5 to 33.3 percent over the year. Meanwhile, the group of people who feel neutral or hopeful about the technology's development is growing.

Concerns haven't disappeared entirely, though, and are shifting toward specific risks. Nearly three-quarters of respondents, 72 percent, agree that artificial intelligence can raise concerns about data privacy. The issue of personal data protection and how AI tool providers use information entered by users remains the main source of uncertainty, even as fear of the technology itself declines.

Implications for businesses in Poland

For employers, the results mean employees are outpacing company adoption strategies. Since nearly half of employees turn to AI regularly regardless of whether their company provides official tools, the risk grows of unapproved applications being used outside the control of IT and security departments. This is a challenge previous reports have flagged, pointing to a gap between how fast employees are learning and how fast companies are investing in official solutions.

Declining anxiety levels, meanwhile, could make it easier for companies to communicate around formal AI rollouts, provided they're paired with clear data protection policies, since privacy remains the main source of distrust among respondents.