AI Detectors Mistake Light Edits for Cheating, Study Finds
A controlled experiment shows commercial AI‑detectors flag modest, guideline‑compliant edits in academic abstracts 64‑80% of the time, treating them as misconduct. Unedited recent papers are flagged far less, and after human‑level tweaking detection drops below 4%. Relying on detector scores alone misjudges honest AI assistance.