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Global News Attention to AI

Monthly volume of world news about artificial intelligence — the media cycle as data.

Unit
attention index
01232.48Aug 25Jan 26Jul 26

Executive summary

Global News Attention to AI rose from 1.95 attention index (2025-08) to 2.48 attention index (2026-07) — a 27.2% change over the period. The window peaked at 2.73 attention index (2026-06) and bottomed at 1.95 attention index (2025-08).

The latest observation (2026-07) sits above the period average of 2.26 attention index. Raw data and methodology are open: check the source box or download CSV/JSON.

Source & metadata
Source
GDELT Project 2.1
Updated
2026-09-03
Methodology
Monthly mean of GDELT 2.1 Volume Intensity for artificial intelligence (DOC API, timeline volume mode), one query per month over the last 12 months. Media coverage, not sentiment.

Data

DateValue
2025-081.95
2025-092.05
2025-102.12
2025-112.04
2025-122.06
2026-012.26
2026-022.03
2026-032.14
2026-042.57
2026-052.72
2026-062.73
2026-072.48

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