Relatively few Americans are getting news from AI chatbots like ChatGPT
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- #news consumption
- #AI chatbots
- #Pew Research
- About one-in-ten U.S. adults get news often or sometimes from AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini.
- Most Americans (75%) never get news from AI chatbots.
- Fewer than 1% of Americans prefer getting news from chatbots over other sources.
- Adults under 50 are slightly more likely to get news from chatbots than older adults (12% vs. 6%).
- A third of chatbot news users find it difficult to determine the truthfulness of the news.
- About half of chatbot news users encounter news they think is inaccurate, with 16% seeing this often.
- Younger adults are more likely to report seeing inaccurate news on chatbots compared to older adults.
- No major differences in perceptions of inaccurate news by political party or education level.