Did artificial intelligence write this editor’s note?

As someone who’s been involved in journalism since middle school, I’d like to think that the research, analysis and language skills needed to craft a news article are unique to humans. ChatGPT, a new artificial intelligence tool, is challenging my assumptions.

Since the company OpenAI debuted ChatGPT late last year, people around the world have been testing its eerie ability to create text that reads like it was human-made, unlike the stilted customer-service chatbots that work off a limited script. OpenAI is already upgrading ChatGPT, and other tech companies have been racing to release their own chatbots with similar capabilities.