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AI authorship detected on 10% of English-language webpages

A study by the Pew Research Center indicates that approximately 10% of English-language webpages created in the past five years were substantially edited or written by AI. This analysis, conducted using the Open Pangram tool, found that AI authorship signs appear in over a third of pages published after ChatGPT's release. AI

IMPACT Indicates a significant increase in AI-generated content, potentially impacting information quality and authenticity online.

RANK_REASON Analysis of AI content authorship by a research center.

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AI authorship detected on 10% of English-language webpages

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Analysis of AI content authorship by a research center.
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49 days old
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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    According to Pew Research Center, around 10 percent of 500,000 English-language webpages from the last five years were written or substantially edited by AI. Th

    According to Pew Research Center, around 10 percent of 500,000 English-language webpages from the last five years were written or substantially edited by AI. The organization determined this using a tool called Open Pangram, which checks text for language patterns, identifying wo…