France, June 22 -- Artificial intelligence is changing the way people get their news, with more readers turning to chatbots like ChatGPT to stay up to date. At the same time, nearly half of young adults now rely on platforms such as TikTok as their main source of news.

The findings come from the Reuters Institute's annual Digital News Report, released this week. The Oxford University-affiliated study surveyed nearly 97,000 people across 48 countries to track how global news habits are shifting.

The study foundthat a notable number of people are using AI chatbots to read headlines and get news updates - a shift described by the institute's director Mitali Mukherjee as a "new chapter" in the way audiences consume information.

While only ...