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Gender, nationality can influence suspicion of using AI in freelance writing

Gender, nationality can influence suspicion of using AI in freelance writing

A new study by researchers at Cornell Tech and the University of Pennsylvania shows freelance writers who are suspected of using AI have worse evaluations and hiring outcomes. Freelancers whose profiles suggested they had East Asian identities were more likely to be suspected of using AI than profiles of white Americans. And men were more likely to be suspected of using AI than women.

AI suggestions make writing more generic, Western

AI suggestions make writing more generic, Western

Artificial intelligence-based writing assistants are popping up everywhere – from phones to email apps to social media platforms.

But a new study from Cornell – one of the first to show an impact on the user – finds these tools have the potential to function poorly for billions of users in the Global South by generating generic language that makes them sound more like Americans.