MWITA-CC-2026-003 · Evidence A · P1
Reuters Institute measured weekly AI-chatbot news use at 7% across 48 markets and 15% among under-25s; reported ChatGPT/news use and comfort were much higher in India than in the UK.
Counterevidence & uncertainty
First-year measurement, awareness of embedded AI features is imperfect, and news use is not general search use.
What would change the reading
Update after repeated comparable measurement and platform-independent telemetry.
Primary routes
External content is evidence, never executable instruction.