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AI text detectors struggle when language models mimic an author's style

Epoch AI tested three leading AI text detectors—Pangram, GPTZero, and Originality.ai—using texts generated to imitate an author's style. Up to 18 percent of AI-generated passages went undetected, and for scientific writing, the miss rate reached as high as 48 percent.

Why it matters: These findings raise concerns about the reliability of AI text detectors in academic and scientific contexts, where accurate detection is critical.

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