Washington ranks second in national fascination with AI, study discloses

Newly released data unveils the top ten states deeply engrossed in artificial intelligence (AI) pursuits across the United States, with Washington securing the second spot.

The report, released by DevRev, specialists in customer support for GenAI, scrutinized the regional average monthly searches for AI-related terms over the preceding 12 months.

In this comprehensive analysis, Washington emerges as the second-most intrigued state regarding AI. An unmistakable fervor exists within the Evergreen State, tallying up to an impressive 6,077 average monthly searches per 100,000 individuals for terms linked to AI. Remarkably, following the trendsetting ‘ChatGPT’—the neutral language model chatbot—the next sought-after term in Washington happens to be ‘Character AI,’ recording a significant 106,075 average monthly searches in the state.

California, renowned for its interest in tech, takes the lead as the most AI-engrossed state. Demonstrating an insatiable curiosity, the Golden State exhibits an average monthly search volume of 6,430 per 100,000 residents over the last year. The omnipresent ‘ChatGPT’ emerges as the foremost search term, boasting a staggering 1,167,799 average monthly searches throughout the state.

Securing the third position is New York, boasting 5,890 average monthly AI-related searches per 100,000 inhabitants. Following the trail of ‘ChatGPT’ and ‘Character AI,’ the research entity ‘Open AI’ captures the third-highest interest with 109,433 average monthly searches statewide.

Utah claims the fourth spot, with 5,844 average monthly AI-related searches per 100,000 residents. Notably, the Beehive State exhibits a keen interest in the image creation tool, ‘Midjourney,’ amounting to 6,858 monthly searches, placing it as the fourth most sought-after term in Utah, following ‘ChatGPT,’ ‘Character AI,’ and ’Open AI’.

Massachusetts lands in fifth place, tallying 5,632 average monthly searches per 100,000 individuals. After the leading trio of ‘ChatGPT,’ ‘Character AI,’ and ’Open AI,’ the Bay State exhibits substantial intrigue in ‘Google Bard,’ witnessing 9,858 average monthly searches across its entire population.

Occupying the sixth position, Oregon shows a keen interest with 5,463 average monthly searches for AI-related terms per 100,000 residents. Notably, ‘ChatGPT 4,’ a multimodal language model developed by Open AI, emerges as the fifth most popular search term in Oregon, boasting 4,578 average monthly searches encompassing the entire populace.

Nevada seizes the seventh place, recording 5,404 average monthly searches per 100,000 residents, closely followed by Colorado in eighth place with 5,237 average monthly searches per 100,000 inhabitants. Virginia trails in ninth place, with 5,217 average monthly searches per 100,000 individuals. Florida clinches the tenth spot, registering 5,147 average monthly searches per 100,000 residents.