Overview
- The Verge and Engadget report that AI tools from Gemini, Claude, Copyleaks, GPTZero, and Pangram flagged the Reddit post as likely AI-generated, though ZeroGPT and QuillBot returned human-written assessments.
- Gemini identified an Uber Eats employee badge sent by the poster as generated or edited by Google AI, and Uber confirmed Uber Eats–branded badges are not used.
- Uber spokesperson Noah Edwardsen called the allegations false, and executives Andrew Macdonald of Uber Eats and Tony Xu of DoorDash publicly rejected that the post described their companies.
- Reporters say the poster also circulated an internal-looking document and then deleted their Signal account when questioned about authenticity.
- The Reddit confession, which amassed tens of thousands of upvotes, made sweeping claims about delivery practices that outlets now assess as fabricated.