The journalism you rely on is facing an unprecedented – and urgent – threat. The rise of artificial intelligence, especially AI-generated news summaries, is not only reshaping information itself but also devastating the livelihoods of those who produce honest, accountable reporting.

A brand-new study found that the widespread adoption of AI news summaries has led to a staggering 79% drop in traffic to many independent news websites. For sites outside the billionaire-funded, global media giants, this isn’t just a statistic. It is an existential crisis.

Scroll exists to cut through sensationalism, misinformation and bias. Our reporters and editors are your watchdogs – fact-checking, investigating and holding power to account. But as more and more people consume AI-generated news snippets, fewer visit the original sources.

This is why your membership matters more than ever. By subscribing to Scroll today, you can directly support journalism that resists shortcuts. You can empower our editors and reporters to keep delivering analyses, rigorous investigations and sound coverage, without fear or favour.

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