Does AI catch more errors than it creates?
52%
52% of professionals say AI has introduced new errors into their work.
n = 1,732 professionals at US service firms · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
AI introduced new errors52%
AI caught errors they had missed48%
Use AI for checks and accuracy69%
Say it both helps and hinders, depending on the task44%
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Multiple responses possible; figures do not sum to 100.
What it means
Almost exactly even — 52% say it created errors, 48% say it caught them. Yet 69% use it for accuracy checks anyway.
Methodology
- Sample
- 1,732
- Population
- professionals at US service firms
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- AI's quiet takeover of professional services
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Does AI catch more errors than it creates?" Survey of 1,732 professionals at US service firms, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/does-ai-catch-more-errors-than-it-creates
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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