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Writers alter their prose to dodge AI detectors like Pangram

Bloomberg reports that fear of AI-detection tools is pushing writers to drop telltale markers of machine-generated text — and even add deliberate typos.

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What to know

  • Bloomberg reports writers are deliberately avoiding stylistic markers — em dashes, "not X, but Y" phrasing, words like "delve" — because AI detectors such as Pangram flag them as signs of AI-generated text.
  • Some writers are adding intentional typos to appear more human to detection software.
  • The trend shows how AI-detection tools, not just AI generation itself, are now shaping everyday writing conventions.

Pangram AI-text detection companyMorgan Meaker Bloomberg reporter

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    Bloomberg details how AI detectors are reshaping human writing

    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…”
    — Bloomberg
    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

    • carnage4life.bsky.social

      Writers are reportedly removing em dashes and deliberately adding typos so AI detectors won’t accuse them of using AI. We’ve reached the point where people are making their writing worse to prove they wrote it themselves. Authors have already lost million-dollar book deals over AI accusations.

      carnage4life.bsky.socialBluesky10d ago177▲view on Bluesky ↗
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    Commentator urges reviewers to judge clarity, not 'human-looking' quirks

    A social media post reacting to the Bloomberg report advises organizations to revise review processes to reward clarity and brand voice rather than stylistic markers meant to look human.

    “Audit your review process: reward clarity and brand voice, not "human-looking" quirks.”
    — scaleblogger.bsky.social

    • Trying Not to Sound Like AI Is Changing How We Write https://www. bloomberg.com/news/features/20 26-10-30/how-ai-detectors-like-pangram-are-changing-human-writing?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Bloomberg Television @ bloomberg-television-bloomberg

      bloomberg@flipboard.comMastodon12d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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    • scaleblogger.bsky.social

      Bloomberg.com reports AI detectors are reshaping how people write. Audit your review process: reward clarity and brand voice, not “human-looking” quirks.

      scaleblogger.bsky.socialBluesky12d agoview on Bluesky ↗
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