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Cold emails from students look AI-generated, Gergely Orosz says

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Gergely Orosz says a University of Waterloo student emailed him asking for advice, and the reply he got back read as an obviously templated AI-generated answer.

He suspects the original email was also AI-written. Orosz says this kind of email damages cold outreach for everyone, including students writing from university domains.

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    Cold emails from students are becoming indistinguishable from AI-generated spam

    AIGergely Orosz says a University of Waterloo student emailed him for advice, and his reply got an obviously templated AI-generated answer. He suspects the original email was also AI-written, which he says damages cold email for everyone, even from university domains.

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