Reuters 2026: 10% of the world now uses AI chatbots for news, but almost nobody treats them as their main source

My take: The Reuters Institute's 2026 Digital News Report, based on nearly 100,000 interviews across 48 countries, found that weekly use of AI chatbots for news rose from 7% in 2025 to 10% globally this year. Among 18-to-24-year-olds the figure reaches 17%. But the growth has a ceiling: less than 40% of people trust news in general, only 1% names AI as their primary source, and 86% still verify the original source. The report calls it fast growth, not explosive.