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I benchmarked 6 free AI text detectors so you don't have to

I got burned by a client who swore my original writeup was "AI-generated." It wasn't. But the accusation cost me a week of back-and-forth, so I did what any annoyed engineer does: I ran the detectors…

  • Six free AI text detectors tested for effectiveness
  • None reliably distinguished human from AI writing
  • Detectors measure surprise, not AI generation

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