Archive · 24 Aug 2026
Pew Finds AI Signs on One-Third of New Web Pages
Pew Research Center studied how much writing on the internet may involve artificial intelligence.
The study looked at both AI-written and AI-edited language.
It found that more than one-third of new web pages show signs of AI writing.
This does not mean every word on those pages was written by a computer.
Some pages may have been edited or helped by AI.
ChatGPT became publicly available from OpenAI in November 2022.
Since then, AI chatbots have become widely used.
Around half of U.S. adults say they use these chatbots, and 24% say they use them every day.
A Pew Research Center study examines AI-written and AI-edited language across the web.
More than one-third of new web pages show signs of being written by AI, according to the study’s findings.
The study asks how much online content is now produced by AI rather than people.
OpenAI released ChatGPT publicly in November 2022.
Around half of U.S. adults say they use AI chatbots, including 24% who use them daily.
- Who
- Pew Research Center conducted the study; OpenAI and ChatGPT are referenced in the study’s context.
- What
- The study examines how much web content is written or edited with AI and reports that more than one-third of new web pages show signs of AI writing.
- When
- The article references ChatGPT’s public release in November 2022 and describes findings from a study published less than four years later.
- Where
- Across the web, with survey figures referring to U.S. adults.
- Why
- To examine how extensively AI-generated or AI-edited language has entered online content.
- Study
- Pew Research Center study titled “How Much of the Internet Is Written With AI?”
- Reported finding
- More than one-third of new web pages show signs of being written by AI.
- ChatGPT release
- OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public in November 2022.
- U.S. chatbot use
- Around half of U.S. adults say they use AI chatbots.
- Daily use
- Twenty-four percent of U.S. adults say they use AI chatbots daily.
- Study focus
- AI-generated and AI-edited language appearing across the web.