Table 4 Headlines collected by outlet and classified by theme.

From: ‘What they’re not telling you about ChatGPT’: exploring the discourse of AI in UK news media headlines

Themes

Times

%

Independent

%

Guardian

%

Other

%

Daily Mail

%

Daily Star

%

Telegraph

%

Total

%

Impending Danger

51

47%

54

33%

31

32%

37

40%

9

29%

21

50%

45

34%

248

37%

Explanation/Informative

21

19%

54

33%

36

37%

14

15%

10

32%

4

10%

34

26%

173

26%

Capabilities - Positive

16

15%

15

9%

5

5%

21

23%

5

16%

8

19%

19

14%

89

13%

Capabilities - Negative

0

0%

32

19%

14

14%

5

5%

7

23%

5

12%

14

11%

77

11%

Experiment

0

0%

0

0%

6

6%

12

13%

0

0%

0

0%

10

8%

28

4%

Humorous/Comedic

8

7%

0

0%

5

5%

3

3%

2

0%

4

10%

2

2%

24

4%

Unclassified

13

12%

11

7%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

0

0%

8

6%

32

5%

Total

109

100%

166

100%

97

100%

92

100%

33

100%

42

100%

132

100%

671

100%