Anne Hathaway says she was spammed with ChatGPT-written thank you notes after hiring a recent role: ‘Nobody on that list gets that job’

Anne Hathaway has a warning for anyone using ChatGPT to help write their job application thank you notes: She can tell.

In the age of AI, it’s never been easier to apply for thousands of roles at once. But as the Oscar-winning actress revealed while hiring for a recent role, it’s never been easier to get caught, either.

“I was in the process of hiring someone, they were all very nice candidates, and they all sent me thank you notes,” the Devil Wears Prada star recalled in an interview with Hits Radio, before adding that every single one was written by AI. 

How could she tell? “They were all the exact same thank-you note,” Hathaway said.

When the first one came in, she thought “how nice, how professional,” but when the ones landed in her inbox, word-for-word identical to the first, the penny dropped fast. 

“I was like, oh no… I see something I’m not supposed to see,” Hathaway added. “So........

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