Poll finds public turning to AI bots for news updates

June 17, 2025

Newspaper stand with the Wall Street Journal

(AFP via Yahoo! News) – People are increasingly turning to generative artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT to follow day-to-day news, a respected media report published Tuesday found.

The yearly survey from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found “for the first time” that significant numbers of people were using chatbots to get headlines and updates, director Mitali Mukherjee wrote. (Read More)