Welcome to 3 Tech Polls, HackerNoon's brand-new Weekly Newsletter that curates Results from our Poll of the Week, and 2 related polls around the web. Thank you for having voted in our polls in the past.
The inaugural topic is..... 🥁🥁🥁
Artificial Intelligence, naturally.
🔥 This Week’s Poll Results (HackerNoon)
Should companies have to label AI-generated content?
As AI-generated text, images, and video flood the internet, a new debate is emerging: should companies be required to clearly label what’s human-made and what’s machine-made? Proponents say transparency is essential to combat misinformation and preserve trust. Critics argue labeling could slow innovation or be impossible to enforce. Where do you stand?
It would be embarrassing to produce something with artificial intelligence and call it our own. - @pooryamatoofi
Im sure a commonly used term in the near future will be "my AI did xyz for me - @benidev
Vote in this week’s poll: Which AI Battle will define the next decade of tech?
Nearly three out of four respondents telling us that they want transparency, including an overwhelming majority that insists that every piece of AI-generated media should carry a clear label, indicates to us that audiences aren’t buying the idea that disclosure is optional.
We’ve already seen platforms inch in this direction. YouTube now requires creators to
These are early steps, but they echo the public mood our poll revealed: labels aren’t a nice-to-have. They’re table stakes.
The poll results may not surprise, but they are instructive. Readers, viewers, and citizens want to know what they’re consuming. And as generative models grow sharper — producing video that looks like a news broadcast or audio that sounds like your favorite podcaster — that desire will only grow stronger.
Our poll says it plainly: the future of AI-generated content isn’t just about what machines can make. It’s about whether humans can trust it.
🌐 From Around the Web: Polymarket Pick
Current odds: 97% Google's Gemini / 1% Alibaba
📌 Speaking of AI, betting on what will be the best AI model appears to be the rage at the moment. Users on
Models will be ranked based off of the highest arena score on the Chatbot Arena LLM Leaderboard on September 30, 2025, 12:00 PM ET. So far, Gemini and Claude are trading head to head for the top ranking.
🌐 From Around the Web: Kalshi Pick
Current odds: 65% Google's Gemini / 18% ChatGPT / 12% Grok / 3% Claude
📌 Users at Kalshi are betting on something
Vote in this week’s poll: Which AI Battle will define the next decade of tech?