Worried your writing sounds like AI? These tools can help

Today, AI-generated writing is not just found in conversations with chatbots, but in a major chunk of all LinkedIn posts, Substack articles, and tweets; in medical papers; and even in published literature. You’re not imagining it—as we collectively consume more of this content, some of its quirks start to feel glaringly obvious. And honestly? In this paragraph alone, I’ve already used three idioms that might set off your AI alarm bells. Now, multiple designers are building their own tools to help other writers avoid the same mistakes. Recently, companies like LinkedIn and Substack have introduced their own moderation efforts to cut back on fully AI-generated text. Meanwhile, AI detection tools like Pangram and Turnitin are helping universities and organizations suss out AI-generated content in application essays and work documents. For the writers themselves, though, AI detection isn’t the problem: Increasingly, writers who use no AI at all are beginning to worry about their work containing an inadvertent AI tell. “What’s interesting is that these models do speak in a specific way, and you develop a sense of it—you develop the smell of the writing,” says George Strakhov, founder o…