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Notes on AI and writing

How detection works, how to talk about it fairly, and what we’re learning as language models change. Written by our research, education and product teams.

10 posts

Research8 min read

AI detection accuracy, explained without the marketing

A single accuracy number hides a lot. What it measures, what it leaves out, and the three questions to ask any detector before you trust its score.

Maya Okafor

Head of research · Oct 14, 2026

Education6 min read

How to talk to students about AI before you need to

The best time to set expectations about AI writing tools is the first week of term, not the day a paper gets flagged. A practical plan for teachers.

Daniel Reyes

Oct 9, 2026

Research6 min read

What a false positive is, and why it matters more than accuracy

When a detector flags human writing as AI, someone pays for it. How false positives happen, which writing is most at risk, and how we keep them rare.

Tomás Lindqvist

Sep 25, 2026

Product4 min read

Meet model 4: fewer false flags on short, edited text

Our newest detection model is live for every account. It's better on short passages, lightly edited AI drafts and writing from non-native English speakers.

Jonas Weber

Sep 18, 2026

Research9 min read

How we test: inside our 2026 benchmark

Twenty thousand documents, nine model families and a strict rule about what counts as human. Exactly how we measure our detector, and where it falls short.

Maya Okafor

Sep 11, 2026

Guides5 min read

Writing an AI disclosure policy your team will actually follow

Vague policies get ignored. A clear one fits on a page, names the tools and says who checks the work. A starting point for newsrooms, agencies and content teams.

Priya Natarajan

Aug 20, 2026

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