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ArticlePatterns (New York, N.Y.)2025

The widespread adoption of large language model-assisted writing across society.

Weixin Liang, Yaohui Zhang, Mihai Codreanu, Jiayu Wang, Hancheng Cao, James Zou

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Article in Patterns (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. The rise of large language models and the direction and impact of US federal research funding.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  4. Reply to Wang: Policy failure can be assessed from observed outcomes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Weixin LiangDepartment of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Yaohui ZhangDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Mihai CodreanuDepartment of Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Jiayu WangPaul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Hancheng CaoGoizueta Business School, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
James ZouDepartment of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

Funding

Role of Single Cell mRNA Variation in Systems Associated Electrically Excitable CU01MH098953 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI EBERWINE, JAMES H, KIM, JUNHYONG · 2012 to 2016
$11.4M
Stanford Medicine Center for Longevity and Healthy Aging Research Education CoreP30AG059307 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MALDONADO, YVONNE A. · 2018 to 2025
$4.9M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG059307NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH098953
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper systematically analyzes the adoption of large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, across consumer complaints, corporate press releases, job postings, and United Nations (UN) press releases, covering extensive datasets from January 2022 to September 2024. By late 2024, roughly 18% of financial consumer complaints, 24% of corporate press releases, nearly 10% of job postings in small firms, and 14% of UN press releases involve LLM-assisted writing. Adoption surged rapidly post-ChatGPT release but stabilized by 2024, highlighting generative artificial intelligence (AI)'s broad societal impact and its widespread use across sectors.

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large language modelwriting

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PMID41472824
PMCPMC12745980

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