{"id":178885,"date":"2026-01-16T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/more-than-60-of-us-adults-now-start-new-tasks-with-ai\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T04:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T09:20:11","slug":"more-than-60-of-us-adults-now-start-new-tasks-with-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/16\/more-than-60-of-us-adults-now-start-new-tasks-with-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than 60% of US Adults Now Start New Tasks With AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/more-than-60-of-us-adults-now-start-new-tasks-with-ai\/\">More Than 60% of US Adults Now Start New Tasks With AI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/more-than-60-of-us-adults-now-start-new-tasks-with-ai\/\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/more-than-60-of-us-adults-now-start-new-tasks-with-ai\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-16 04:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pymnts.com\">www.pymnts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Shift to AI Platforms<\/strong>: Consumers are increasingly starting their online experiences with artificial intelligence, using dedicated AI platforms before traditional search engines or individual apps for intent expression and task initiation, especially among Generation Z and heavy users.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Dialogue Replaces Keywords<\/strong>: AI is shifting consumer behavior from thinking in keywords (like search) and destinations (like app usage) to thinking in dialogue. Conversations with AI platforms articulate consumer goals directly.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Habit Displacement<\/strong>: Dedicated AI platforms are causing habit displacement where users reduce traditional search usage and bypass intermediary sites, becoming the primary cognitive hub for tasks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Commerce Reorganization<\/strong>: As AI platforms become the initial point of intent expression, they are upstream of commerce, influencing purchasing decisions and framing the entire decision-making process, changing the traditional commerce and payments landscape.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Implications for Businesses<\/strong>: Businesses must rethink systems and processes to accommodate the shift where consumers start their tasks with an AI conversation rather than a click on a search engine or app.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These points capture the core changes in digital behavior highlighted by the Agentic AI Report in relation to the growing influence of AI platforms.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Than 60% of US Adults Now Start New Tasks With AI https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/news\/artificial-intelligence\/2026\/more-than-60-of-us-adults-now-start-new-tasks-with-ai\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":178886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AI-search-prompt-commerce.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-178885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178887,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178885\/revisions\/178887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}