ChatGPT copied my writing style, but couldn’t fool an AI detector
pcworld.com Sep 9, 2026

ChatGPT copied my writing style, but couldn’t fool an AI detector

AI-summarised brief · reviewed before publication

OpenAI has quietly added a “Reference my writing style” option to ChatGPT’s Personalization settings, allowing the model to analyze a user’s documents from services such as Google Drive, Gmail, Outlook, Slack, Teams, SharePoint and Notion. After granting access, users can prompt the chatbot to draft new content “using my writing style,” prompting it to mimic quirks, phrasing and preferred punctuation. Journalist Thibault Sottiaux confirmed the feature on September 4, 2026. The author of a recent test fed the system a draft about OpenAI’s Astra model, then asked it to produce a follow‑up proposal in his voice. Within minutes, GPT‑5.6 generated a 1,000‑word article that replicated the writer’s signature em‑dashes, pet phrases and cadence, passing an AI detector as human‑authored.

💡 Why It Matters

  • · The tool blurs the line between personal authorship and machine‑generated text, raising immediate concerns about authenticity, plagiarism and the future of professional writing.