{"id":286892,"date":"2026-02-05T16:39:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=286892"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:01:09","slug":"the-briefing-2026-02-05","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2026-02-05\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Post implements mass layoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-bc59ae7d7464c973 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2a66f5bf9048f86d wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1077bd694832e4c3 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Washington Post implements mass layoffs<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>New from Pew Research Center:<\/strong> How do young adults get their news?<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort arrested<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> Axios and\u00a0OpenAI to expand local news partnership<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Americans more negative than positive about AI\u2019s impact on news<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-649204f8919dae2f wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-69c09b70e3a6e084 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-06c698222a33cbc9 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>The Washington Post<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/washington-post-staff-reduction-layoffs-cuts-923f87d4bd319c8a64b278165d0a6e27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced sweeping layoffs<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday, <strong>eliminating around one-third of its staff.<\/strong>\u00a0Its\u00a0sports, local and foreign\u00a0desks were\u00a0among the hardest\u00a0hit.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-8a32671867ebef51 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Executive&nbsp;Editor Matt Murray&nbsp;described&nbsp;the cuts as&nbsp;<strong>necessary for the stability of the company, <\/strong>citing&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/04\/business\/media\/washington-post-layoffs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">steep decline&nbsp;in&nbsp;online traffic<\/a>&nbsp;amid the rise of generative artificial intelligence, among other factors.&nbsp;Meanwhile, many employees and former leaders at the paper&nbsp;<strong>condemned the&nbsp;layoffs,<\/strong>&nbsp;with some&nbsp;further criticizing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/annals-of-communications\/how-jeff-bezos-brought-down-the-washington-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decisions made by owner Jeff Bezos<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b6461381a258f453 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>According to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/the_washington_post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center survey conducted in March 2025<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>12% of all U.S. adults\u00a0regularly get news from The Washington Post, <\/strong>including 7% of Republicans and 18% of Democrats.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-581d2401f31ea119 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2fbbb1713d933974 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udea8 <strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c6e6480c047f2f5e wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"left\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:left;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/02\/video-how-do-young-adults-get-their-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new&nbsp;short&nbsp;video<\/a>&nbsp;from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/collections\/pew-knight-initiative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew-Knight Initiative<\/a>,&nbsp;based on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/12\/03\/young-adults-and-the-future-of-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">data&nbsp;essay<\/a>&nbsp;we released in December,&nbsp;examines the&nbsp;<strong>news habits of young U.S. adults<\/strong>&nbsp;and how they compare to those of older generations.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7EDne7E10Q8?si=NCvgwy83IpbH3RBy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-97ea8ab582fb9166 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-8c335d4b0735cac8 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-47a0d5447ee54f41 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Independent journalists&nbsp;<strong>Don Lemon&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Georgia Fort&nbsp;<\/strong>face federal charges&nbsp;after covering&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/don-lemon-arrest-minnesota-church-service-d3091fe3d1e37100a7c46573667eb85c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-ICE protest at Minneapolis church<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/atlanta\/news\/atlanta-journal-constitution-to-lay-off-about-50-employees-as-it-restructures-for-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to lay off 50 employees<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">After recent concerns about political content suppression on\u00a0<strong>TikTok,\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/02\/04\/nx-s1-5701409\/tiktok-censorship-report-epstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">researchers find no evidence of censorship<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/27\/technology\/tiktok-settlement-social-media-addiction-lawsuit.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TikTok settles lawsuit<\/a>&nbsp;over&nbsp;<strong>social media addiction,&nbsp;<\/strong>avoiding trial&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">How&nbsp;<strong>right-leaning influencers<\/strong>&nbsp;are responding&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/01\/30\/style\/maga-trump-base-minnesota.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump\u2019s backpedaling of immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Dan Bongino&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/02\/02\/bongino-podcast-return-trump-00760561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">returns to podcasting<\/a>&nbsp;after his stint as FBI deputy director&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Recently launched&nbsp;<strong>California Post<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/02\/01\/2026\/its-rupe-vs-the-quiff-in-californias-new-tabloid-war-everybody-wins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sets its sights on Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/02\/iab-ai-accountability-publishers-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ad lobby looks to protect publishers<\/a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>AI scraping<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>CBS News to cut ties with contributor<\/strong>&nbsp;after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/cbs-news-expected-sever-ties-with-contributor-attia-over-epstein-links-wrap-2026-02-02\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">links to Jeffrey Epstein are revealed<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2c103a7c85a44c31 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b22de595df82ddc0 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-7c8ae632488a96be wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>Axios\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>OpenAI\u00a0<\/strong>are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/press-past-releases\/axios-openai-expand-partnership-to-scale-local-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">growing\u00a0their\u00a0local news partnership<\/a>, with plans to launch nine\u00a0new\u00a0local newsletters and expand to more communities. <strong>ChatGPT\u00a0<\/strong>gets\u00a0about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2026\/02\/chatgpt-is-asked-about-local-news-1-million-times-per-week-openai-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1 million prompts about local news<\/a>\u00a0per week,\u00a0according to OpenAI,\u00a0and\u00a0the company\u00a0has said it\u00a0wants to\u00a0\u201cmove into the future alongside\u00a0publishers, as partners, building an ecosystem where AI innovation and high-quality, independent journalism reinforce each other.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-785619c518173a52 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>A growing share of Americans are using\u00a0AI\u00a0chatbots\u00a0in their daily\u00a0lives, but chatbots have not become a source of news for most people,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/10\/01\/relatively-few-americans-are-getting-news-from-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to a 2025 Center survey<\/a>. About one-in-ten U.S. adults say they often (2%) or sometimes (7%)\u00a0get news\u00a0from AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini.\u00a0<strong>Most Americans (75%) say they never get news\u00a0from\u00a0AI chatbots.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-b0a22eb34daee822 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c04a826f4046437d wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcca&nbsp;<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-cdc8632c694e43a0 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>This week\u2019s chart comes from a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/28\/americans-largely-foresee-ai-having-negative-effects-on-news-journalists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 Pew Research Center survey<\/a>\u00a0that asked\u00a0Americans\u00a0<strong>how they think AI will impact news. <\/strong>About half\u00a0expect AI will have a very (24%)\u00a0or somewhat\u00a0(26%) negative impact on the news people\u00a0get\u00a0in the U.S. over the next 20 years. Just 10% think AI will have a very (2%)\u00a0or somewhat\u00a0(8%) positive impact in this area.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-207fef96a9eb8fe0 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block aligncenter size-640-wide is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eeebe6\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?w=640\" alt=\"A horizontal stacked bar chart showing that Americans are far more negative than positive about AI\u2019s long-term impact on the news people get.\" class=\"wp-image-286898 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eeebe6; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"450\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=300,211 300w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=768,541 768w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=575,405 575w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=200,141 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=260,183 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=310,218 310w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=420,296 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=640,451 640w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=740,522 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=160,113 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/SR_25.04.28_ai-in-news_1.png?resize=320,226 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c7df3b5ae599ebe1 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-1ec9bb0082c21e94 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e6eca5f27c5731f3 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Christopher St. Aubin, Emily Tomasik, Joanne Haner, and Sawyer Reed. 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