Posted Aug 24, 2026 at 6:51 AM UTCTThomas RickerThe internet of slop.The open web is rife with AI-generated text, according to new data from Pew Research. Older English-language webpages show fewer signs of AI authorship, but over one-third of pages published after ChatGPT was released on November 22nd, 2022, “were likely written or substantially edited by AI.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Thomas Ricker
The internet of slop.
The open web is rife with AI-generated text, according to new data from Pew Research. Older English-language webpages show fewer signs of AI authorship, but over one-third of pages published after ChatGPT was released on November 22nd, 2022, “were likely written or substantially edited by AI.” [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/Image-from-iOS-2.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
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