💬 Quoted… “Someone sent me a cold email proposing a novel project. Then I noticed it used the word ‘delve.’”

• AI detection programs are notoriously unreliable – but there’s a simpler and easier way to figure out whether a piece of content came from ChatGPT, according to Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham. In a social media post this week, Graham said he noticed that excessive use of the word “delve” is a pretty clear sign that something was written by an AI chatbot. Graham based his claim in part on an analysis of scientific research in recent decades, which found a sharp increase in use of the word delve that corresponded with ChatGPT’s release (☝️). And, according to a dataset of 50,000 ChatGPT responses, Graham is on the right track – the chatbot’s most-overused words are 1) explore; 2) captivate; 3) tapestry; 4) leverage; and 5) embrace, with delve clocking in at #9.

🏀👀 Stat of the Day: The women’s March Madness championship between Iowa and South Carolina outdrew the men’s title game by an average of 4.1 million viewers, marking the first time in TV history that more people tuned in for the women’s tournament final. According to Nielsen, the Iowa-South Carolina matchup was also the most-viewed basketball game of the past five years, outpacing any NBA or men’s CBB contest during that period.

🤔 Did You Know?... There aren’t any laundry services onboard the International Space Station. Instead, astronauts wear their clothes until they’re too dirty, then throw them away.

📰 Worth a Read: The scientists learning to speak whale → (BBC Future)