This report gives the full results behind the accuracy figures on our website. It covers the best result from each AI Aware detector in the 12 weeks to 7 November 2026: text, images and video, and audio. Alongside the headline figures, it shows how each detector performs by type of content, by AI model and
AI detector accuracy: full technical results for text, image, video and audio Read More »
On 25 May 2026, the Financial Times columnist Stephen Bush wrote about ‘The Serpent in the Grove’, the winning entry in a short story prize published by Granta. We ran the story through AI Aware’s text detector. It found compelling evidence that the story was generated by AI. What the analysis shows AI Aware doesn’t
AI Aware finds AI generated content in prize-winning short story Read More »
AI company Anthropic has confirmed that its LLM Claude has been used by hackers in a series of cyber attacks. The hackers used the AI to generate malicious code, infiltrate networks, and make strategic decisions about what data to steal and how to extort their victims. In one case, the hackers used Claude to breach
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Many headlines surrounding AI are about deepfakes, disinformation, and scams. So every now and then it’s nice to shout about the positive impact AI is having, and there’s no better place to start than in the world of science. Researchers at MIT have used generative AI to design two new antibiotics in the hope of
AI-designed drugs: Could they lead the fight against antibiotic resistance? Read More »
Over the past decade, Russian disinformation has become far more dangerous, largely due to the rise of AI-generated content, which looks and sounds completely real. Social media platforms like TikTok are being flooded with AI-generated content, and people – or in this case, countries – can generate and publish videos more quickly than any fact-checker
Russian disinformation confirmed by AI Aware Read More »
On a benchmark of human and AI text across genres from fiction to medical writing, AI Aware was correct 98% of the time, the best result against Originality.ai, Winston AI, GPTZero, ZeroGPT, Ryne and Smodin. Over 99% of the texts it flags as AI are AI.
AI Aware beats major competitors in AI-generated text detection Read More »
I’ve just read two interesting articles from the Guardian and New York Times about the misuse of AI by law firms, which is an area we, at AI Aware are increasingly contacted about. In recent years, the legal industry has thrown itself into using AI tools for streamlining its many time-intensive, repetitive or complex tasks
Order! How AI is causing havoc in the courts Read More »
We have been talking to a company worried about the sharp increase of job applicants using AI not just to help with writing a covering letter or sprucing up a CV, but even on written tasks. The company now receives far more applications (presumably people can apply to more jobs using AI), and this, combined
AI-generated job applications and the risks for employers Read More »
In 2025, after the advent of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, writing an essay has never been easier. Need research? A structure? Maybe an abstract here, or a conclusion there? Other than the obvious environmental costs behind using these services, what is the human cost in using LLMs in your education? A new study
What effect are Large Language Models having on our brains? Read More »
This past week at AI Aware has been particularly illuminating. On the very same day, we received two enquiries that perfectly encapsulate the polarised and evolving AI detection debate in higher education. One came from a distressed parent, the other from a conflicted academic. Both highlight the urgent need for clearer policies, better education, and
AI Aware: A tale of two realities in the AI detection debate Read More »
