AI Sentiment Index

Name: AI Sentiment Index — daily media sentiment toward AI
Creator: Brad Shroyer
License: https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html

How positive or negative are major news outlets when they write about AI? A daily score from −1.0 to +1.0 across 14 sources.

Data through Jul 18, 2026

Source

−0.18Latest daily mean · Jul 18

Sentiment unchanged week-over-week, led by BBC Technology

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Recent Headlines

Headline	Source	Date	Score
Dave Eggers told OpenAI staff that ChatGPT was 'silencing an entire generation'The Verge · Jul 18	The Verge	Jul 18	-0.650
A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacencyThe Guardian · Jun 20	The Guardian	Jun 20	-0.350
AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification appsThe Guardian · Jul 3	The Guardian	Jul 3	-0.850
ANU accused of 'hysterical' response to students using AI to cheat as unis scramble to 'secure' assessmentsThe Guardian · Jul 18	The Guardian	Jul 18	-0.650
Kimi: Threat or menace?TechCrunch · Jul 18	TechCrunch	Jul 18	-0.650
Fox News AI Newsletter: IBM's AI warning sends 'shock wave'Fox News Tech · Jul 17	Fox News Tech	Jul 17	-0.350
HalluSquatting AI attack could hijack your computerFox News Tech · Jul 18	Fox News Tech	Jul 18	-0.850
The AI rotation stole the spotlight from a strong start to earnings seasonCNBC Tech · Jul 18	CNBC Tech	Jul 18	+0.300
How Google's New Gemini Rates Work and How to Track Your UsageWired · Jul 18	Wired	Jul 18	-0.350
Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on YouWired · Jul 18	Wired	Jul 18	-0.650
Moonshot's Kimi Upends Conventional Wisdom on US Lead Over ChinaBloomberg · Jul 18	Bloomberg	Jul 18	+0.150
Will AI fix prior authorization--or make it worse?Ars Technica · Jul 18	Ars Technica	Jul 18	-0.150
Prompt Injection Attacks Are Thwarting AI Hacking AgentsWired · Jul 18	Wired	Jul 18	+0.650
Neil Rimer thinks the AI money is coming back outTechCrunch · Jul 18	TechCrunch	Jul 18	-0.350
China Joins Rush to Rethink the Smartphone for the AI EraBloomberg · Jul 18	Bloomberg	Jul 18	+0.650
Intuit scrapped its own AI agent architecture twice in four months. At VB Transform 2026, its AI VP called that the fast pathVentureBeat AI · Jul 17	VentureBeat AI	Jul 17	+0.650
Capital One releases VulnHunter, an open-source AI tool that finds software flaws before hackers doVentureBeat AI · Jul 17	VentureBeat AI	Jul 17	+0.850
Databricks hits $188B valuation, extending its run as AI's favorite second actTechCrunch · Jul 17	TechCrunch	Jul 17	+0.850
Vertu wants executives to pay $6,880 for an AI agent -- here's how it actually performsTechCrunch · Jul 17	TechCrunch	Jul 17	+0.150
China's Moonshot AI Unveils Kimi Model, Threatening America's LeadNYT Technology · Jul 17	NYT Technology	Jul 17	+0.150
Chinese AI has leveled up, and brought renewed focus on the open weight model shiftCNBC Tech · Jul 18	CNBC Tech	Jul 18	+0.650
The White House is dictating access to frontier AI models, shifting power from tech giants, sources sayCNBC Tech · Jul 17	CNBC Tech	Jul 17	-0.650
Leather jacket worn by Nvidia CEO goes for just under $1 million at Sotheby's auctionCNBC Tech · Jul 17	CNBC Tech	Jul 17	+0.300
China Dismisses Claim that It Illicitly Extracts Foreign AI TechBloomberg · Jul 18	Bloomberg	Jul 18	-0.650
Moonshot's open-source Kimi K3 model beats Anthropic's Fable 5 on this benchmarkZDNet AI · Jul 17	ZDNet AI	Jul 17	+0.300

AI Sentiment Index

How positive or negative are major news outlets when they write about AI? A daily score from −1.0 to +1.0 across 14 sources.