AI-detection tools have made huge leaps forward — how good are they? Scientists and publishers are testing a new breed of software that promises impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text. By Miryam Naddaf & Richard Van Noorden

AI-detection tools have made huge leaps forward — how good are they? Scientists and publishers are testing a new breed of software that promises impressive accuracy at spotting AI-written text. By Miryam Naddaf & Richard Van Noorden https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02569-3 When Daniel Evanko asked a scientist whether they had used artificial intelligence to write their peer-review report, he didn’t expect a confession. Most researchers don’t reveal AI help, says Evanko, who is the director of journal operations at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).