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 style-imitated texts. Up to 18 percent of AI-generated passages went undetected. For scientific writing, the miss rate climbed as high as 48 percent, the very genre where these detectors likely see the most…

Epoch AI tested three leading AI text detectors (Pangram, GPTZero, and Originality.ai) using style-imitated texts. Up to 18 percent of AI-generated passages went undetected. For scientific writing, the miss rate climbed as high as 48 percent, the very genre where these detectors likely see the most real-world use. The article AI text detectors struggle when language models mimic an author's style appeared first on The Decoder.

Source: The Decoder — Published July 19, 2026 at 08:35 UTC — Category: Image AI