Staff from The Daily Californian’s news and data departments ran AI-detection technology on several genres of material, representing more than 1,000 independent published works and 1 million scanned words. We conducted this research to map how far AI-written text has permeated common correspondence and understand how institutions are approaching modern communications. AI detector Pangram found AI use in obituaries, Substack posts, messages to students, recorded remarks, news articles and more. This apparent widespread adoption of AI writing tools is, according to our research, a relatively recent phenomenon. The vast majority of positive test results found in text were published in the past year. For the UC Berkeley student government, 42.1% of resolutions passed in the 2025-26 academic year were flagged for AI. ✍️: The Daily Californian News Staff 📸: Milan Rafaelov, Anjalie Butte, Agranya Ketha, Ella Yang, Joe Zheng, Chloe Thoroughgood . . . #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #AI