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Follow ZDNET:\u00a0Add us as a preferred source<\/a>\u00a0on Google.<\/p>\n ZDNET’s key takeaways\u00a0Over half of published articles are AI-generated.\u00a0However, the percentage of AI-generated articles is plateauing.\u00a0AI-generated articles don’t perform well in search.<\/p>\n You aren’t imagining it: There is more AI slop on the internet. In fact, half of the articles you’re coming across are AI-generated\u00a0according to SEO firm Graphite<\/a>, which found that over half of the written content on the internet is produced by AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n Also: Is art dead? What Sora 2 means for your rights, creativity, and legal risk<\/a><\/p>\n Human writers seemed to be losing the battle against AI, with AI-generated articles slightly overtaking human-written articles between November 2024 and March 2025, according to raw data<\/a>. In January 2025, that data found AI-generated articles peaked at 55%.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, the proportion of AI-generated articles has remained “relatively stable,” according to Graphite. The researchers don’t see the disproportionate flood of AI-generated articles continuing.\u00a0<\/p>\n “We hypothesize that this is because practitioners found that AI-generated articles do not perform well in search, as shown in a separate study,” Graphite said in its post.\u00a0<\/p>\n Perhaps the AI Google and other search engines are using is trained to spot and avoid AI-generated articles. How ironic.\u00a0<\/p>\n Also: Beware of getting your product buying advice from AI for one big reason, says Ziff Davis CEO<\/a><\/p>\n The share of articles on the internet written by AI has rapidly grown since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in 2022. A year after its release, AI-generated articles accounted for 39% of published articles on the internet, according to Graphite. Despite their ubiquity, Graphite writes that these AI-generated articles aren’t appearing in Google and ChatGPT.\u00a0<\/p>\n However, AI’s rapid improvement may make it more difficult to detect whether content is AI-generated, even as AI content detectors<\/a> improve at a similar rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n Want more stories about AI?\u00a0Sign up for AI Leaderboard<\/a>, our weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Pew Research Center<\/a> found that only 2% of Americans regularly get news from AI<\/a>, while most Americans, 75%, say they never get news from AI. Those who are getting their news from AI reported not fully trusting the information they see.\u00a0<\/p>\n