The Verge put the original 586-word Reddit post through several free online AI detectors, in addition to Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude. The results were mixed: Copyleaks, GPTZero, Pangram, Gemini, and Claude all pegged it as likely AI-generated, but ZeroGPT and QuillBot both reported it as human-written. ChatGPT played it down the middle.
Lol “yo AI, you write this?”
We call that investigative reporting now!
Me, hearing this for the first time, stopped using Reddit years ago, living the best life B-)
It actually got posted here on Lemmy, too, wildly enough.
There’s no substantive evidence in this article. They present 2 kinds of evidence: giving the text to LLMs and asking if it’s written by AI, and asking representatives at major food delivery app companies if it’s about them. How are either of those better sources of “truth”?
The article then also cites second hand stories from other journalists. Apparently the original author of the post acted suspiciously when the journalists tried to get more information. That would be great to corroborate solid evidence, but in the absence of good evidence it’s just gossip.
I’m not saying I believe the original post, but I definitely don’t believe the claim in this headline.
A viral Reddit confessional
about a “major food delivery app” posted January 2ndis most likely Al-generatedBasically the entire Reddit frontpage since ChatGPT launched. FTFY.
Reddit moment 🤡
