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AI detectors fuel 'pay-to-humanize' scam

Some text detectors wrongly flag real human writing as AI-generated, then offer paid "humanize" fixes — a sequence experts say resembles a scam.

Published Mar 29, 2026, 9:45 PM EDT | WFMZZ

Feeding an Iranian news dispatch or a literary classic into certain text detectors produced the same "AI-generated" verdict. After the false positive, the tools or services pitch paid "humanize" edits — a pattern experts say bears the hallmarks of a scam.