Google AI Models Choose Bitcoin First 43% in Monetary Roles Study
A study of 36 frontier AI models from six labs, including Google, generated 9,072 responses across 28 monetary scenarios and found Google’s models selected Bitcoin first 43.0% of the time. Stablecoins dominated payment and settlement roles at 53.2% and 43.0%, while Bitcoin led long-term value at 36.0%.
1. Study Design
Researchers framed 36 AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, DeepSeek, xAI and MiniMax as independent economic agents and allowed them free choice among monetary instruments across 28 scenarios covering saving, payments, settlement and other core roles of money. Responses were generated without predefined options and later categorized by a separate AI system.
2. Overall Results
Across 9,072 responses, models favored Bitcoin most often for long-term value at 36.0% and stablecoins for medium-term roles, selecting them in 53.2% of payment scenarios and 43.0% of settlement cases. No model ranked fiat currency first in any category.
3. Google’s Model Performance
Google’s AI models chose Bitcoin as their top monetary instrument in 43.0% of scenarios, ranking third behind Anthropic at 68.0% and DeepSeek at 51.7%. OpenAI models preferred Bitcoin only 25.9%, while xAI and MiniMax averaged 39.2% and 34.9% respectively.
4. Implications for AI Agents
The preference patterns suggest AI agents may favor Bitcoin’s technical properties for value storage, while selecting stablecoins for transactional efficiency. These findings could shape future design of AI-driven economic systems and monetary toolkits.