A leading AI company’s net public approval falls to minus 35 points
OpenBrain has net approval of −35%, with 25% approving, 60% disapproving and 15% unsure.
No qualifying named-company approval result has been identified for the defined test.
At a glance
- Assessment: Not Yet Testable
- Confidence in assessment: 75%
- Outcome: unresolved
- Timing: pending
- Evidence: insufficient
- Predicted timing: July 2027
- Primary source: July 2027: The Cheap Remote Worker; AI 2027 archived scenario
What AI 2027 Predicted
OpenBrain has net approval of −35%, with 25% approving, 60% disapproving and 15% unsure. The source is July 2027: The Cheap Remote Worker in the AI 2027 scenario.
Archived scenario version and section-page references. The linked live scenario may change; these definitions use the archived version identified here.
How We Track This
Freeze the comparison set as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind; report every member rather than selecting one after results. Measure representative US-adult approval of each named company using at least 1,000 weighted respondents in July 2027. The proxy threshold is net approval at or below −35 percentage points for a member of this set, corroborated by an independent comparable survey within 60 days. Report approval, disapproval, unsure, wording and uncertainty separately.
These operational thresholds specify this tracker’s test. Where the scenario uses qualitative language, they are interpretations rather than numbers quoted from the original.
Current Evidence
YouGov’s AI-brand comparison measures product impressions among aware consumers. That denominator and concept differ from representative adult approval of the named companies. It does not resolve the minus-35-point threshold.
Counterevidence & Limitations
OpenBrain is fictional. “Any of three leading labs” is an explicitly defined broader tracker proxy; it is not identical to the scenario’s specific actor. Keep the exact 25/60/15 composition as a separate comparison. General disapproval of AI or technology companies does not resolve this question.
Missing comparable survey evidence leaves the result unresolved.
What Would Change Our Assessment
All named labs remain above −35 net approval in representative surveys, or the apparent result comes from an unrepresentative sample or generic AI question.
Evidence satisfying the full test would change the assessment; earlier observations inform the trajectory but do not resolve this test’s specified observation window. Partial proxies are recorded with their scope.
Update History
| Date | Update |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | No qualifying named-company approval result has been identified for the defined test. Relevant primary evidence and limitations are described above. |