2027 presidential election: 75% of French people say they will not use AI for information, according to a survey

Three-quarters of French people do not plan to find out about the presidential election via information intelligence tools, which only 20% trust to help them understand the issues or programs, according to a survey published Wednesday.

According to this survey by the Verian Institute for La revue l'Hémicycle, only 18% of French people respond that they think they will “concretely use artificial intelligence tools (such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude or other conversational assistants) to find out about the candidates, their proposals or the issues at stake in the presidential election”. 75% answered in the negative and 7% said they did not know.

Nearly two thirds of French people (64%) also agree with the idea that artificial intelligence will have the effect of “facilitating the dissemination of false information” but 41% think that it could still “facilitate the comparison of programs”. A majority of French people also say that traditional sources of information (programs, debates, media, relatives, etc.) will have a role in their voting decision. 83% think they rely on the candidates' programs, 77% on the debates between the candidates, 68% on the traditional media and 62% on discussions with relatives.

However, 37% will take into account social networks, 33% the personalities or influences they follow and 28% AI tools. The survey was conducted online between August 30 and September 1 among a representative sample of 1,047 people with a margin of error of 1.4 to 3.1 points.