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Writers alter their prose to dodge AI detectors like Pangram

Bloomberg details how AI detectors are reshaping human writing

2 Oct 31 · 11d ago · 1 article · 2 posts · 2 sources · development 2 of 2

Bloomberg's Morgan Meaker reports that writers are consciously altering their style — avoiding em dashes, the "not X, but Y" phrasing, and words like "delve" — and sometimes adding typos, to avoid being flagged by AI-detection tools such as Pangram.

“authors drop em dashes, "not X, but Y" phrasing, and words like "delve", or add typos, to look human”

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Pangram AI-text detection companyMorgan Meaker Bloomberg reporter

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  1. 1 outlet How AI detectors like Pangram are changing human writing: authors drop em dashes, “not X, but Y” phrasing, and words like “delve”, or add typos, to look human

    first by Bloomberg, 11d ago

  2. 1 outlet How AI Detectors Like Pangram Are Changing Human Writing

    first by Bloomberg, 12d ago

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