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ZDNET's key takeaways
People are using AI to write sensitive messages to loved ones.
Detecting AI-generated text is becoming more difficult as chatbots evolve.
Some tech leaders have promoted this use of AI in their marketing strategies.
Everyone loves receiving a handwritten letter, but those take time, patience, effort, and sometimes multiple drafts to compose. Most of us at one time or another have given a Hallmark card to a loved one or friend. Not because we don't care; more often than not, because it's convenient -- or maybe we just don't know what to say.
These days, some people are turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT to express their congratulations, condolences, and other sentiments, or just to make idle chitchat.
AI-generated messages
One Reddit user in the r/ChatGPT subreddit this past weekend, for example, posted a screenshot of a text he'd received from her mom during her divorce, which he suspected may have been written by the chatbot.
The message read: "I'm thinking of you today, and I want you to know how proud I am of your strength and courage," the message read. "It takes a brave person to choose what's best for your future, even when it's hard. Today is a turning point -- one that leads you toward more peace, healing, and happiness. I love you so much, and I'm walking beside you -- always ❤️😘"
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