Pew study finds 10% of web samples show signs of AI authorship
luisdans · x · 2026-08-22
A new Pew Research study provides data backing the "Dead Internet Theory." Researchers scanned nearly 500,000 English webpages and used AI detection tools to find that about 10% of samples showed clear signs of being written or edited by AI. Despite the potential for detection errors, the data suggests a rising proportion of AI-generated content online since the release of ChatGPT.
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