Who writes the guides
Guides are published by the AI Detection editorial team and carry that byline unless a named author is shown. When we name a person, their page states their role and expertise, and links only to profiles they actually hold. We do not use invented personas, stock photos presented as authors or unverifiable credentials.
Where facts come from
- Primary sources first. Statements about what a detector or vendor claims come from that vendor's own documentation or published write-up. Statements about independent findings come from the study itself, not from a summary of it.
- Claims are attributed. A figure reported by a vendor is written as "the vendor reports", not as established fact, and we say what was measured and on what kind of text.
- No invented numbers. We do not publish accuracy percentages, rankings, user counts or reviews that we have not measured or cannot source. If we could not verify something, we leave it out or say we could not confirm it.
- No hands-on claims we did not earn. We describe other tools from public information unless a page says that we tested them, and then we say how.
How we write about AI detection
A detector result is a signal that points to passages worth a closer look. It is not proof of how a text was written, and our guides never suggest accusing or penalising anyone on a result alone. We write the same way about our own checker: the detection is performed by the Pangram Labs API, and as the accuracy page explains, we have not run an independent evaluation of it and do not quote an accuracy figure. Our methodology page sets out what a result does and does not mean.
We do not write "how to bypass" or "undetectable" content, and we do not accept payment, free products or other consideration in exchange for how a tool is described.
Dates and updates
Each guide shows the date it was updated, and its structured data records the publication and modification dates. We change the "updated" date only when the substance changes: a corrected fact, a new source, a vendor changing its product or a finding that supersedes an older one. Fixing a typo does not move the date. Pages about fast-moving products, such as individual detectors and classroom tools, are the first to be re-checked against their sources.
Corrections
If a page contains an error, tell us. How to report one, what we do with the report and how substantive changes are recorded are on the corrections page.
Independence and tools
The checker is free to use for a limited amount of text per day, and guides mention it where it is relevant. We say so when a page links to our own tool. We do not run advertising or affiliate links in guides. Drafting tools may help with research or wording, but every factual claim is checked against its source before publication, and we do not publish text that has not been read and checked by a person on the team.