AI writing guides

Plain-English explainers on AI detectors, AI-assisted writing and how to make drafts sound like you.

These guides are written for students, writers and marketers who use AI tools and want to understand what happens next — how detectors judge text, what makes writing sound machine-made, and where the ethical lines are.

All guides

• How AI detectors workPerplexity, burstiness and classifiers, explained simply.
• Why AI text sounds robotic — 12 tells and how to fix themThe 12 most common AI tells, with a fix for each.
• Is using an AI humanizer cheating?An honest look at where the ethical lines are.
• GPTZero vs Turnitin vs Originality.aiWho uses each detector and how they report scores.
• Using AI to write in English: a guide for international studentsUse AI to improve your English honestly — and avoid false flags.
• AI humanizer effectiveness studyReal first-party data on how humanized text scores on GPTZero.
• Best free AI humanizersWhat is actually free, and which tool fits which job.