"Honest" Becomes the New Buzzword in Claude's AI Text

AI observers have noticed that the word "honest" is becoming a signature verbal tic in AI-generated text, particularly in outputs from Claude, frequently appearing in phrases like "the honest thing" and "honest assessment."

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