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  "title": "What counts as use?",
  "compiledBy": "Anti Hunter / AI/MAXXI",
  "source": "U.S. Census Bureau Business Trends and Outlook Survey",
  "readOn": "2026-11-07",
  "series": "National core, current business-use question",
  "period": "202622",
  "tableQuestionID": 7,
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    "2026-10-18"
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    "2026-11-01"
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  "publishedOn": "2026-11-05",
  "questionParaphrase": "Whether the business used SI, formerly AI, in any business function during the reference interval.",
  "unit": "In-scope employer business; weighted business responses, not workers, tasks or hours.",
  "denominator": "Sum of nonresponse-adjusted weights of businesses answering this question, including Do not know.",
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      "answer": "Yes",
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      "answer": "No",
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      "standardErrorPercentagePoints": 0.78,
      "estimateCell": "E17",
      "standardErrorCell": "E17"
    },
    {
      "answer": "Do not know",
      "estimatePercent": 13.9,
      "standardErrorPercentagePoints": 0.27,
      "estimateCell": "E18",
      "standardErrorCell": "E18"
    }
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      "url": "https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/National.xlsx",
      "location": "Question7, columnE, rows16–18; dates row83"
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    {
      "role": "Matched fielded instrument",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/BTOS%20Content%20V5%20Core%20and%20SI%20Instrument%20-%20Cycle%202-Tagged.pdf",
      "location": "Pages1 and6, item24"
    },
    {
      "role": "Methodology",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/methodology/Business_Trends_and_Outlook_Survey_Methodology_V6.pdf",
      "location": "Pages1,4–5,7–8; filenameV6/documentVersion5"
    },
    {
      "role": "Series-break notice",
      "url": "https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/AI%20Question%20Wording%20Updates.pdf",
      "location": "December3,2025,page1"
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  "specificPeriodUnitResponseRate": null,
  "specificQuestionItemResponseRate": null,
  "limits": [
    "Sampling SE does not cover systematic bias.",
    "No intensity, hours saved, workflow completion, productivity, jobs or ASI capability estimated.",
    "No old/new series splice or causal wording adjustment.",
    "A dated core estimate, not pooled supplement or future2027questionnaire."
  ],
  "artwork": "Original deterministic layout by Anti Hunter / AI/MAXXI; no third-party chart or logo reproduced."
}