# Massachusetts AI Statistics

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## Page metadata

- Title: Massachusetts AI Statistics — Signal / AI
- Description: Massachusetts AI statistics: Census business adoption trends, Moderna disclosures, and chat and coding tool scores.

## Scope and provenance

- Geography: Massachusetts (MA); region: Northeast.
- Population: employer businesses surveyed by the U.S. Census Bureau BTOS.
- Reference period: 2026-09-07 through 2026-09-20.
- Census release date: 2026-10-08.
- Company evidence reviewed: 2026-10-11.
- Census adoption estimates and platform scores are separate datasets.
- Company headquarters do not locate every employee or establish state-wide platform popularity.

## Business AI adoption

- Current AI use, previous two weeks: 26.0%. [Source](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- Expected AI use, next six months: 26.5%. [Source](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- Recent current-use average: 23.1%; 6 of six observations available. Calculated arithmetic average, not an official Census aggregate.
- National current-use benchmark: 23.8%. [Source](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/National.xlsx).
- Current estimate standard error: 2.47 percentage points.
- Expected estimate standard error: 1.96 percentage points.
- Difference from national current-use estimate: +2.2 percentage points (calculated; subject to sampling variation).

## Reading Massachusetts’s data

- Massachusetts’s latest current-use rate is 2.2 percentage points above the national estimate of 23.8%. This is a descriptive comparison of survey estimates.
- State estimates are subject to sampling variation. Different industry mixes and sampling error can affect comparisons.
- Benchmark comparison uses the same reference period: 2026-09-07–2026-09-20.
- State benchmark source: [Census state workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- National benchmark source: [Census national workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/National.xlsx).

## Other Northeast states

- These are the four same-region states with the closest recent averages; this is a descriptive comparison, not a statistical ranking.
- Source for all peer observations: [Census state workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- [Rhode Island](/rhode-island.md): recent current-use average 21.5%; 4 of six observations available (calculated).
- [New Hampshire](/new-hampshire.md): recent current-use average 20.3%; 6 of six observations available (calculated).
- [Pennsylvania](/pennsylvania.md): recent current-use average 19.8%; 6 of six observations available (calculated).
- [Maine](/maine.md): recent current-use average 19.6%; 6 of six observations available (calculated).
- Peer averages use available observations from the same six-period window. Coverage may differ.

## Definitions and limitations

- Current-use survey question: In the last two weeks, did this business use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in any of its business functions?
- Expected-use survey question: During the next six months, do you think this business will be using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in any of its business functions?
- Expected use is anticipated use, not an observed future outcome.
- November 2025 revised wording starts this series; earlier wording is excluded.
- Suppressed observations are unavailable, not zero, and are omitted from recent averages.

## Behind the figures

- Recent-average window: 2026-06-29 through 2026-09-20.
- Recent average: arithmetic mean of available current-use estimates in the last six periods; it is not an official Census aggregate.
- Standard errors are published Census values, in percentage points.
- Census estimates are weighted survey measures of employer businesses.
- Calculation input: [Census state workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).

## Adoption history

- Source for every observation: [Census state workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- 2025-11-03–2025-11-16: current 17.7%; expected 19.6%; released 2025-12-04.
- 2025-11-17–2025-11-30: current 17.2%; expected 22.6%; released 2025-12-18.
- 2025-12-01–2025-12-14: current 20.0%; expected 21.2%; released 2025-12-31.
- 2025-12-15–2025-12-28: current 22.1%; expected 24.3%; released 2026-01-15.
- 2025-12-29–2026-01-11: current 18.2%; expected 23.8%; released 2026-01-29.
- 2026-01-12–2026-01-25: current 20.2%; expected 21.5%; released 2026-02-12.
- 2026-01-26–2026-02-08: current 18.0%; expected 22.8%; released 2026-02-26.
- 2026-02-09–2026-02-22: current 17.6%; expected 23.2%; released 2026-03-12.
- 2026-02-23–2026-03-08: current 20.2%; expected 23.6%; released 2026-03-26.
- 2026-03-09–2026-03-22: current 16.9%; expected 21.6%; released 2026-04-09.
- 2026-03-23–2026-04-05: current 22.8%; expected 25.7%; released 2026-04-23.
- 2026-04-06–2026-04-19: current 21.7%; expected 25.4%; released 2026-05-07.
- 2026-04-20–2026-05-03: current 20.8%; expected 24.5%; released 2026-05-21.
- 2026-05-04–2026-05-17: current 19.9%; expected 25.6%; released 2026-06-04.
- 2026-05-18–2026-05-31: current 25.4%; expected 28.5%; released 2026-06-18.
- 2026-06-01–2026-06-14: current 21.6%; expected 24.9%; released 2026-07-02.
- 2026-06-15–2026-06-28: current 28.8%; expected 31.2%; released 2026-07-16.
- 2026-06-29–2026-07-12: current 22.6%; expected 25.3%; released 2026-07-30.
- 2026-07-13–2026-07-26: current 22.9%; expected 27.5%; released 2026-08-13.
- 2026-07-27–2026-08-09: current 17.2%; expected 22.1%; released 2026-08-27.
- 2026-08-10–2026-08-23: current 27.7%; expected 29.5%; released 2026-09-10.
- 2026-08-24–2026-09-06: current 22.2%; expected 25.0%; released 2026-09-24.
- 2026-09-07–2026-09-20: current 26.0%; expected 26.5%; released 2026-10-08.

## Coding tool scores

- Rank 1: Cursor; score 92/100.
- Rank 2: OpenAI Codex; score 76/100.
- Rank 3: Claude Code; score 73/100.
- Rank 4: GitHub Copilot; score 70/100.
- Rank 5: Gemini Code Assist; score 58/100.

## Chat platform scores

- Rank 1: ChatGPT; score 76/100.
- Rank 2: Google Gemini; score 70/100.
- Rank 3: Claude; score 64/100.
- Rank 4: Microsoft Copilot; score 61/100.
- Rank 5: Perplexity; score 61/100.

## Companies headquartered in this state

- Selected evidence sample; not an exhaustive company census. Employee deployment, access, pilots, products, and hiring statements have different scopes.

### Moderna
- Headquarters: Cambridge. [Headquarters source](https://investors.modernatx.com/investor-faqs).
- Named platforms / tools: ChatGPT Enterprise.
- Evidence type: Employee deployment.
- Statement date: Apr 24, 2024.
- Public comment (paraphrased): Moderna and OpenAI announced an enterprise collaboration that embedded ChatGPT Enterprise across the organization to support business processes and teams.
- Scope / limitations: The announcement establishes the deployment, not a current active-user count or coding-tool leader.
- Source: [Moderna · OpenAI collaboration](https://news.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2024/Moderna-and-OpenAI-Collaborate-To-Advance-mRNA-Medicine/default.aspx).

## Sources and downloads

- Official workbook snapshot downloaded: 2026-10-11; latest release: 2026-10-08.
- Workbook data and platform scores are separate datasets.
- [Census BTOS downloads](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/data_downloads).
- [Official state workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/State.xlsx).
- [Official national workbook](https://www.census.gov/hfp/btos/downloads/National.xlsx).
- [Saved state workbook snapshot](/data/sources/State.xlsx).
- [Saved national workbook snapshot](/data/sources/National.xlsx).
- [State summary CSV](/data/state-summary.csv).
- [Complete Census data snapshot](/data/states.json).
- [Company evidence dataset](/data/companies.json).

## Related pages

- [US AI Statistics](/index.md).
- [All 50 states](/states.md).
- [Company AI evidence](/company-research.md).
- Previous state: [Maryland](/maryland.md).
- Next state: [Michigan](/michigan.md).
