Digital Life 2025 (Dataset, n = 1,003)

This dataset is part of the Human Clarity Institute’s AI–Human Experience 2025 data series. It examines how people experience digital life in AI-saturated environments, including attention, trust, values alignment, digital fatigue, and perceived wellbeing across everyday online contexts.The dataset includes:• measures of trust in online information environments, values alignment, and perceived clarity• behavioural indicators of screen time, digital fatigue, confidence, and post-use energy• multi-select variables stored as canonical semicolon-delimited snake_case tokens• open-text reflections with minimal safe cleaning (trim + newline removal only)• demographic variables across six English-speaking countriesData were collected in September 2025 via Prolific from adults in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Ireland.All data were cleaned, anonymised, and processed under the Human Clarity Institute’s machine-readable dataset protocol, which includes:• canonical snake_case variable naming• validated numeric ranges• standardised multi-select formats• minimal safe text cleaning• full alignment with the accompanying data dictionary• removal of Prolific IDs and timestamps• SHA-256 checksums for all filesThis dataset contributes to understanding how humans navigate attention, trust, and values in increasingly AI-mediated digital environments, supporting longitudinal tracking of behavioural change and the evolving cognitive relationship between humans and AI in everyday life.