AI Peaked at 2.4% of English News Headlines, vs Covid's 27% Peak
thythr · reddit · 2026-09-16
Using a headline search tool, a Reddit user compared English news coverage: Covid peaked at 27% of headlines, while AI has peaked at just 2.4% as of this month. The datapoint quantifies how much less media-saturated AI coverage is than the pandemic, challenging the 'AI is everywhere' perception.
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