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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · No. 9 in the world

AI everywhere

AI tools, models, chips and rules, and what they change.

Share of the world’s attention
3.1%
Change
–
12 weeks

A third what people search for on Google, a third what they read on Wikipedia, a third what the news covers: attention, not market size. Games, for one, are played far more than they’re searched for or read about. How it’s measured

The leading theme in 10 countries:SingaporeLaosChinaHong Kong SAR ChinaTaiwanMalaysiaSouth KoreaAustraliaSwitzerlandKazakhstan

Where it splits peopleProgress Job securityHuman-made AI-madeHope Fear

AI everywhere · this week

Current Zeitgeist

Breakdown

What its reading is made of this week, part by part

58.4%Other AI

Total100.0%

Select a part to open it or see what people read in it

Most read in Other AI

  1. 1

    Edsger W. Dijkstra

    No. 1 · 81.1k viewsHamilton Richards, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 2

    Artificial intelligence

    No. 2 · 79.1k viewsJPxG, Public domain
  3. 3

    Alan Turing

    No. 3 · 33.1k viewsElliott & Fry, Public domain
  4. 4

    Larry Page

    No. 4 · 25.3k viewsMarcin Mycielski, European Parliament ( Stansfield ), CC BY-SA 4.0

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 821.1k page views · Open in the explorer

Inside Tech & science

Every area’s share of its reading this week; this theme’s in colour

38.3%Software & internet
  1. Everything else1.8%Other Tech & science 0.9% · Telecom & networks 0.6% · Biotech & genetics 0.2% · Energy tech & batteries 0.1%

Total100.0%

In colour: counted in this theme

Share of Wikipedia reading in the world, 7 – 13 Nov · 18.2m page views · Open in the explorer

Companies people read about

The most-read companies in it on Wikipedia this week

  1. SpaceXAI
  2. DeepSeek
  3. Google DeepMind
  4. ElevenLabs
  5. ABB

How big it is

Published figures, each from its source

Where it’s biggest

Its share of each country’s attention this week

0 to 6% or moreNo data

Reading and news · 231.7m · Indicative

New and growing

Phrases new or growing in this week’s English-language headlines, against the 8 weeks before

  1. AI bubble

    New

    9 headlines · 9 outlets

    When the AI bubble burststhestar.com.my

  2. US midterms · Carney · AI rout

    New

    9 headlines · 9 outlets

    AI rout after US midterms hits Asia hard, reviving out-of-favour Chinese and Indian stocksbusinesstimes.com.sg

  3. Youth AI Readiness · Commonwealth

    New

    8 headlines · 8 outlets

    South Africa One of Three African Countries Meeting Commonwealth Youth AI Readiness Benchmarkiafrica.com

  4. AI solutions

    New

    5 headlines · 5 outlets

    UCC Urges Young Innovators to Develope AI Solutions For Child Online Safetychimpreports.com

  5. AI cooperation

    New

    5 headlines · 3 outlets

    Turkmenistan, Japan discuss hydrogen energy and AI cooperationtrend.az

  6. Hong Kong

    Rising

    7 headlines · 5 outlets

    AI Bubble: Global Investors Seek AI's Real Enterprise Value at Hong Kong's Cyberport Forumastanatimes.com

  7. AI stocks · AI regulation fears · tech stocks

    Rising

    15 headlines · 14 outlets

    ASX 200 shares to outperform Wall Street as investors retreat from AI stocksafr.com

  8. White House

    Rising

    5 headlines · 5 outlets

    AI safety center faces White House oversight questionsfoxnews.com

AI everywhere

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Discussion

AI everywhere · this week

Emotions

How its news sounds

Its tone against its usual, and each feeling against the average news

Darker than usual

Tone −0.38 · usual +0.12

Mostly sadness, 1.2× the average

  • Anxiety1.2×
  • Fear0.8×
  • Anger0.5×
  • Sadness1.2×

Each bar compares a feeling with the average news here; the tick marks the average.

News · 59k · Solid
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