Posts tagged: AI Writing Patterns

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A row of identical lecterns in a grand assembly hall, each holding the same AI written speech page
AI Detection

AI Is Writing UN Speeches Now, and They All Sound the Same

Nine world leaders delivered nearly the same sentence at the UN this year, and flagged AI speeches jumped from 6 to 30 in one session. What happened, and the lesson for anyone whose writing needs to sound like their own.

Ivan Jackson··6 min read
AI robot hand editing a document filled with em dashes on a glowing purple background.
AI Detection

Why AI Writing Is Full of Em Dashes (and How to Fix It)

Why language models overuse em dashes, how the mark became the internet's favorite AI tell, and a three-pass method for fixing a draft.

Ivan Jackson··6 min read
AI slop concept: glossy gray sludge pouring out of a laptop screen onto a clean desk, next to a page of handwritten notes.
AI Detection

What Is AI Slop? The Word Defining Content in 2026

A definitional guide to AI slop: where the term came from, the patterns platforms are penalizing in 2026, and how AI-assisted work stays out of the bucket.

Ivan Jackson··7 min read
A person at a desk reading a LinkedIn feed on a laptop, with a red 'AI slop' flag button and a 1.2K count floating over one of the posts.
AI Detection

LinkedIn's 2026 AI Slop Crackdown: Why Posts Lose Reach

LinkedIn is suppressing generic AI content with a claimed 94% detection accuracy and a member-facing slop report button. Here is what that means for anyone posting for work.

Ivan Jackson··5 min read
“The Death of the Em Dash” text on a gradient background.
AI Detection

The Real Signature of AI Writing Isn't the Em-Dash Anymore

The em-dash stopped being ChatGPT's dead giveaway. Based on 80,141 humanizations from WriteHuman, the real 2026 AI writing tells are structural: hedging verbs, and formulaic sentence shapes.

Ivan Jackson··7 min read
Woman thinking while blurred text with purple highlights floats in background.
Humanize

The Most Common AI Words and Phrases (And How to Fix Them)

Learn the most common AI words and phrases that make writing sound robotic, plus simple fixes to make AI-generated text clearer, more natural, and human.

Zoe Kopidis··10 min read
3D robot writing on paper with a pencil.
Copywriting

Understanding AI Writing

AI writing means using artificial intelligence to produce written work. It relies on machine learning, part of AI that helps computers learn and act like humans.

Ivan Jackson··8 min read