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 todisclose realistic AI content. Meta has begun tagging AI-generated images across Instagram and Facebook. In Europe, the new AI Act makes disclosure mandatory for deepfakes and synthetic media. And on the technical side, standards like C2PA’s Content Credentials and watermarking systems such as Google DeepMind’s SynthIDare emerging as the invisible backbone of provenance.

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

Which company has best AI model end of September?

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 Polymarketare betting on what the best AI model will be by the end of September, with Google’s Gemini the clear favorite.

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

Best AI at the end of 2025?

Current odds: 65% Google's Gemini / 18% ChatGPT / 12% Grok / 3% Claude

📌 Users at Kalshi are betting on something similar but over a longer time frame. The bet, on who will be the best AI at the end of 2025, also appears to be favoring Gemini.

Vote in this week’s poll: Which AI Battle will define the next decade of tech?