By Grace Stanley
With the development of AI writing assistants like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, large language models (LLMs) are now used in various writing professions to generate ideas and work more efficiently.
But are there negative associations or potential professional backlash for writers wrongfully (or rightfully) suspected of using AI? Does this suspicion vary based on the writer’s race, gender or nationality?
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.
Read more at the Cornell Chronicle.
Grace Stanley is a staff writer-editor for Cornell Tech.
