AI-written webpages surged to 40% since 2022
_akpiper · x · 2026-09-01
Derek Thompson published an interview with Pangram CEO Max Spero. The article notes that since 2022, the share of English webpages partly or entirely written by AI has risen from roughly 1% to nearly 40%. This 'tsunami of sludge' is inundating everything from high school essays to the Wall Street Journal. The interview covers how Pangram works, why we should trust it, and the fundamental differences between machine and human writing.
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