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How Much of the Web Is Written by AI? Pew's 10% vs. 35% Finding
Pew Research Center found meaningful signs of AI writing or substantial editing in 10% of a random July 2026 public-web sample—and 35% of the smaller subset of dated pages published after ChatGPT arrived. Dr. Mike explains why both numbers matter, what AI detectors can and cannot establish, and how ordinary readers can verify claims without treating polished prose as proof. Key takeaways: • The 10% result describes a random July 2026 snapshot; the 35% result describes only dated post-ChatGPT pages. • Pew analyzed 490,000 English-language pages from 49 Common Crawl snapshots, not private…
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