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AI text detectors struggle when language models mimic an author's style

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AI text detectors struggle when language models mimic an author's style

The Decoder · Jul 19, 2026, 8:35 AM UTC

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.…