Afik Rechler and Tal Shmuel Harel of Chainstory report that nearly half of the cryptocurrency stories on five news site are written by artificial intelligence.
Rechler and Harel report, “From January to June 2025, crypto newsrooms took different paths with AI. Some leaned heavily on it from the start. Others were just beginning to bring it into the mix.
“Investing.com published the highest share of AI-written content. About 54.8% of its articles during the period were attributed to machine authorship. The Defiant came in close behind at 48.8%.
“Trailing behind, Benzinga integrated such tools into 18.3% of its output, with CoinDesk and Bitcoin News being the most restrained at 13.4% and 9.6%, respectively.
“On a month-to-month basis, the data reveals an upward trend in AI usage across all five crypto newsrooms from January to June. Machine-generated content captured a larger share of output by mid-year than at the start, which indicates an industry shift toward automation.”
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