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John Brandon

GPT-5 has a new informal writing style — can you spot the real text versus the AI?

Phone with Chatgpt logo.

Not to make you question all reality but the world is changing faster than most of us can type. Case in point: OpenAI recently released GPT-5, a much more convincing AI chatbot that can mimic human writing style. One key improvement has to do with a more casual (and less robotic) style that works for short summaries or long-form writing (say, an annual report).

Some of the dead giveaways are now long gone. In GPT-4, the writing was far more structured and cohesive, almost like a lawyer writing your grocery list. You don't even need to use an AI writing detection bot to figure out when GPT was involved. Just look for long, formal sentences, perfect punctuation, and the most obvious giveaways — such as an em dash and emojis.

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