Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA new Pew Research Center study reveals that 35 per cent of web pages published since the release of ChatGPT show significant signs of AI editing or authorship. Across a five-year archive of nearly half a million English-language web pages, 10 per cent overall showed significant signs of AI creation. The findings reinforce concerns over the dead internet theory, which suggests the web is increasingly generated and consumed by automated systems rather than humans. The research highlighted a rise in specific AI writing habits, including doubled usage of em dashes and words like delve, with .com websites being the most affected. Researchers used the text-analysis tool Open Pangram on a large web dataset to identify broader statistical trends across the internet. In fullMore than a third of the internet is now being written with AI, study suggestsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Fears over internet theory coming true as AI agents flood the web
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA new Pew Research Center study reveals that 35 per cent of web pages published since the release of ChatGPT show significant signs of AI editing or authorship. Across a five-year archive of nearly half a million English-language web pages, 10 per cent overall showed significant signs of AI creation. The findings reinforce concerns over the dead internet theory, which suggests the web is increasingly generated and consumed by automated systems rather than humans. The research highlighted a rise in specific AI writing habits, including doubled usage of em dashes and words like delve, with .com websites being the most affected. Researchers used the text-analysis tool Open Pangram on a large web dataset to identify broader statistical trends across the internet. In fullMore than a third of the internet is now being written with AI, study suggestsMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Pew analysis shows 35% of post-ChatGPT web pages display AI authorship signals; 10% overall AI-generated across dataset. For tech leadership: content pollution risks training data quality—urgent need for detection infrastructure and AI governance frameworks.
