Fears over internet theory coming true as AI agents flood the web

A Pew Research Center study found that 35% of web pages published since ChatGPT's release show significant signs of AI editing or authorship, with 10% of a five-year archive of nearly half a million English-language web pages showing AI creation. The findings reinforce the dead internet theory, as AI writing habits like doubled em dashes and words like 'delve' increased, with .com websites most affected.

Fears over internet theory coming true as AI agents flood the web - A new Pew Research Center /topic/pew-research-center study /topic/study reveals that 35 per cent of web pages published since the release of ChatGPT /topic/chatgpt show significant signs of AI editing or authorship. - Across a five-year archive of nearly half a million English /topic/english -language web pages, 10 per cent overall showed significant signs of AI creation. - The findings reinforce concerns over the dead internet /topic/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 /topic/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.