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Humans Adopt ChatGPT’s Preferred Vocabulary in Spoken Language, Preprint Finds

An arXiv preprint reveals that AI-preferred words have surged in online videos and podcasts over 18 months, suggesting ChatGPT patterns are reshaping everyday speech.

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As AI gets smarter, study says humans are starting to sound and talk more like ChatGPT
In 18 months, humans have begun using so-called “GPT words” that were previously not frequently used.
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Overview

  • Max Planck Institute researchers tracked the frequency of “GPT words” like delve, meticulous and realm in more than 360,000 YouTube videos and 771,000 podcast episodes since ChatGPT’s launch in 2022.
  • They defined “GPT words” by feeding emails, essays and academic papers into specific ChatGPT models and extracting the AI’s most favored terms.
  • The research highlights a bidirectional cultural feedback loop in which AI-driven language patterns are flowing back into human communication.
  • Authors warn that widespread adoption of AI-preferred vocabulary could accelerate linguistic homogenization and erode cultural diversity.
  • As a non-peer-reviewed preprint on arXiv, the study awaits validation and prompts calls for broader analysis of AI’s influence beyond academic speech sources.