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Flagship report · 2026

The State of AI Detection 2026

I ran 10,000 documents through eight leading detectors, then stress-tested each one against paraphrasing and humanization. The result is the field's most complete open benchmark of accuracy and false-positive behavior.

Drawing on 10,000+ documents, 8 major detectors, and 40+ academic citations.

Accuracy under paraphrasing
Baseline text94.2%
Light paraphrase76.1%
Humanized58.4%

Detection degrades ~36 points end-to-end.

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