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  "id": "pew-86-percent-get-news-digital-devices-2-percent-ai-chatbots",
  "slug": "pew-86-percent-get-news-digital-devices-2-percent-ai-chatbots",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/pew-86-percent-get-news-digital-devices-2-percent-ai-chatbots/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/pew-86-percent-get-news-digital-devices-2-percent-ai-chatbots.json",
  "claim": "86% of US adults at least sometimes get news from digital devices; only 2% often get news from AI chatbots (Pew, 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Do people get news from ChatGPT?\" / \"most Americans get news online\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Pew Research Center",
    "title": "News Platform Fact Sheet",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "(86%) say they at least sometimes get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet, including 56% who say they do so often. ... email newsletters (6%) and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots such as ChatGPT or Google Gemini (2%).",
  "method": "Pew American Trends Panel survey of US adults, Aug. 18–24, 2025.",
  "drift": [
    "'Often' vs 'sometimes' are different measures; 2% is the 'often' share for AI chatbots"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (nonpartisan research center funded mainly by The Pew Charitable Trusts).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "In Pew's August 2025 survey, 86% of US adults said they at least sometimes get news on digital devices (56% often), while 2% often get news from AI chatbots.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Pew — News Platform Fact Sheet",
      "url": "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/news-platform-fact-sheet/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Survey Aug. 18–24, 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}