How Much of the Internet Is Written With AI?
A random sample of 10,000 webpages from July 2026 finds about 10% show signs of being written or substantially edited by AI, indicating notable AI-generated presence across the observable web.
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A random sample of 10,000 webpages from July 2026 finds about 10% show signs of being written or substantially edited by AI, indicating notable AI-generated presence across the observable web.
Around half of Americans now say they feel more concerned than excited about artificial intelligence, with worry rising particularly among young adults, who report increasing anxiety that AI could cost jobs and harm prospects.
Explains the sampling approach using Common Crawl web-archive data—monthly ‘crawls’ of the observable internet—to estimate prevalence of AI-authored content and underpin the study’s webpage sample and analysis.
Pew sets out current internal guidelines for using artificial intelligence, describing permitted applications, areas for experimentation and limits on AI’s role in research processes and output generation.