Generative AI and news report 2025: “We document rapid growth in the use of a new set of tools bound to impact the discovery of information, how people use it, and, by extension over time, changing competition for both attention, advertising, and the money people are willing to spend on media and content.” (Felix Simon, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Richard Fletcher, Reuters Institute)
Summary
- Public use of generative AI surged, with ChatGPT leading the pack.
- AI-generated search results are commonplace, but public trust remains conditional.
- Generative AI's impact on news faces a "comfort gap", as transparency concerns persist.
