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Decision BriefThe VergeTue, 21 Jul 2026 19:22:28 GMT2026-07-21

Substack adds an AI detector to help spot blogs written by no one

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What happened

Substack will now help users determine whether what they're reading may have been written by AI. A new tool coming to the platform can scan posts, notes, replies, and comments to provide an estimate of how much text could be AI-generated or written with AI assistance, according to a blog post publis

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