The 2026 report, drawn from an online sample of more than 2000 Australian news consumers, shows the presence of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) in the news ecosystem is expanding, with almost one in 10 people (9 per cent) now using AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity to access or consume news – a trend growing fastest among under-25s (16 per cent, up four percentage points from 2025).
