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How to tell if something was written by ChatGPT
The patterns ChatGPT leaves in writing, why each one also shows up in human work, and how to check authorship without guessing.
AI detector pricing compared: Originality, Winston, Pangram, and aitextdetectly
List prices, monthly word allowances, and cost per 10,000 words for four AI detectors, checked on each vendor's pricing page in September 2026.
The privacy risks of online AI detectors
What happens to text you paste into an AI detector, the questions to ask of any tool before you use it, and extra care for student work and confidential documents.
How AI detectors work, and why they get things wrong
The three ways AI text detection works (predictability, trained classifiers, and watermarks), where each one fails, and how our detector reaches a verdict.
What an AI detector score actually means
What a detector percentage measures, where our tool draws its verdict lines, and why short texts and non-native writing get misread.