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Detection is moving from guesswork to a built-in check
As AI writing gets harder to spot by reading alone, providers are building verification into the output itself.
Why it happens
Reading for tone and style is a losing game as models keep improving, so the more durable signal has to live in the file, not the reader's judgment.
What to do
Google's SynthID watermarks AI-generated images and audio. Claude embeds an invisible statistical pattern into text that a detector can check without changing how it reads.
If a tool offers a provenance or watermark check, use it instead of relying on instinct.