Pew Study: 1 in 3 Web Pages Show AI Writing Signs Since ChatGPT Launch
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-08-21
A new study by Pew Research reveals that approximately one in three web pages published since the launch of ChatGPT show signs of being written by AI.
The study also identified shifts in text characteristics:
- Em dash usage is roughly twice as common as in 2023.
- Oxford comma usage increased by 63%.
- Negative parallelism ("not X, but Y" phrasing) nearly tripled.
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