Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing
This is a list of writing and formatting conventions typical of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, with real examples taken from Wikipedia articles and drafts. It is a field guide to help detect undisclosed AI-generated content on Wikipedia: while some of the signs may be broadly applicable, some may not apply in a non-Wikipedia context. Not all text featuring these indicators is AI-generated, as the large language models that power AI chatbots are trained on human writing, including Wikipedia.
Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Wikipedia:AI writing" redirects here. For other uses, see WP:AI-INDEX . Advice on editing Wikipedia This is an advice page from WikiProject AI Cleanup . This page is not a Wikipedia policy , as it has not been reviewed by the community . Shortcuts WP:AISIGNS WP:AISIGNS WP:AITELLS WP:AITELLS WP:LLMSIGNS WP:LLMSIGNS LLMs tend to have an identifiable writing style. This is a list of writing and formatting conventions typical of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT , with real examples taken from Wikipedia arti
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