Currently used by more than a billion people monthly, ChatGPT is seeing more types of people in more countries using the AI.
More people over the age of 35, for example, now use ChatGPT, according to a recent study from its maker, OpenAI.
And the tech is being relied on for more work tasks — although writing and information tasks remain the number one use for ChatGPT at work.
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*Google Adding AI Dictation to Android: Android users can now use voice-to-text dictation on their favorite Android device with a new app.
Dubbed Rambler, the new dictation capability – which will be rolled out over many months — has been built into the widely used Android keyboard app Gboard.
Observes writer Ivan Mehta: “In the past few years, a host of dictation apps — Wispr Flow, Willow, Superwhisper, Monologue, Handy and Typeless — have cropped up. But until now, most of that activity has been on desktop and iOS, leaving Android relatively underserved.”
*Gmail’s AI Promise to ‘Write Like You’ Only Goes So Far: Google is promising that new AI writing tools it just added to Gmail will help you better produce writing in your own voice.
But the truth is, Google’s AI writing – along with AI writing from ChatGPT, Anthropic and others – has grown increasingly conservative and bland and often overrides prompt ‘fixes’ designed to overcome those limitations.
The straitjacket approach to writing has driven some creators — who demand the most flexible AI creative writing tools available — to seek Open Source AI solutions.
*AI-Generated Writing on Internet Plateaus at 50%: Much to the surprise of many in the writing community, the percentage of writing on the Internet created by AI seems to be holding steady at 50%.
The factor that may be behind that ceiling on AI writing: Human-created writing seems to be doing better in search engine returns.
Observes writer Chloe Aiello: “According to the analysis (by digital marketing agency Graphite), 86% of articles appearing in Google Search — and 82% of those that appear on ChatGPT and Perplexity — were written by people.”
*New York Times Cracks Down on AI Use by Freelancers: Smarting from some of its freelancers caught using AI to generate content, The New York Times has told those freelancers to knock it off.
One of the worst offenses on record was a quote used in a Times article that was later found to be AI-generated.
*Quick AI Author-Interview Podcasts $19/month: Writers looking to generate a podcast interview on their new book can now turn to a new service – AuthorOnAir.
The AI-powered solution uses an ‘AI host’ to create a 30-minute, Q&A interview with you on your book – which it auto-posts to Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Amazon Music after your approval.
The platform also generates three vertical video clips per episode formatted for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts — giving authors short-form promotional content.
*Getting Your Feet Wet in Vibe Coding: Writers interested in vibe-coding their own apps may want to check-out this quick primer from writer Nicole Nguyen.
In a perfect world, AI vibe-coding enables you to create a wide array of apps you can imagine simply by chatting with AI.
Observes Nguyen: “I will admit, at times I wanted to hurl my laptop into the Pacific. Resolving some issues took a lot of polite — and desperate — pleading with a machine. Again, all in plain English. But it worked.”
*ChatGPT Wants Your Banking ID and Password: You know we’re in a brave new world when a service provider asks for your banking ID and password to help improve your finances.
That’s the pitch from OpenAI – the maker of ChatGPT – which says that in exchange for your banking logon credentials, it will analyze and give you advice on your finances.
Observes writer Ivan Mehta: “OpenAI said its personal finance tools will be available on ChatGPT on the Web and on iOS for Pro users.”
*AI Agents: Future Arbiters of News Curation?: Deciding what news you consume may soon be in the hands of AI agents – which are already doing the job for early adopters.
Observes lead writer Aisvarya Chandrasekar: “AI platforms are releasing agentic tools like ChatGPT Pulse and Huxe, which generate personalized news briefings based on information the platforms have stored about us—our calendars, emails, interests and preferences.”
Adds Chandrasekar: More than 75% of news executives expect this new breed of agentic apps to have a ‘large’ or ‘very large’ impact on news publishers.”
*Journalism Institute Offers AI News Info Clearinghouse on Web: Poynter has rolled-out a new Web hub dedicated to informing journalists – and the public – about the state of AI in journalism.
Observes writer Sarah Sweeny: “Poynter has been helping newsrooms and their audiences navigate AI for several years, and the new hub centralizes Poynter’s services, training and resources.
“The aim is to help newsrooms use AI responsibly without losing audience trust, while helping audiences better understand how AI is shaping the information they consume.”
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–Joe Dysart is editor of RobotWritersAI.com and a tech journalist with 20+ years experience. His work has appeared in 150+ publications, including The New York Times and the Financial Times of London.