Ever since ChatGPT and other AI content creation launched into the mainstream, one question has been on the tip of many users' tongues.
Can my audience, AI content detectors, or Google detect AI content, and if so, is there a way to get around AI detector algorithms?
The world of AI is still relatively unknown, with many of us starting to scratch the surface of what is capable and what isn't with AI content and other capabilities.
For some, it presents lots of opportunities for legitimate growth and productivity. For others, it represents an opportunity to earn a quick buck and try to con their audience or the Google algorithm.
In recent updates, Google has stated that it has no penalties in place for AI-generated content, stating that it has no issue with how content is produced so long as it is deemed unique and insightful for its users.
And that is a key statement to study. While Google may be fine with letting AI content through its detection tool (it has to be, really, given its recent launch of Bard!), it still wants to see content that is highly unique and offers a fresh perspective on a topic.
However, while some content creators are utilizing the opportunities on offer via AI content creation tools alongside excellent insight and human writing, others are trying to cheat the algorithm by using AI tools that claim to bypass AI content detection tools.
Sure, there can be small instances of false positives, but in general, AI detectors like Originality.ai quickly pick up 100% AI-generated content.
And as per our recent case study, that can have some significant impacts on your results!
In recent times, many people attempted to use Quillbot to bypass AI detection, but now that Originality.ai have successfully created software that identifies AI paraphrasing, they are searching for other tools to avoid AI content detection.
But do they actually work?
Here, we will review four of the most prominent tools that claim to turn AI-generated text into what AI detectors deem as human-written content to see whether they live up to the claims they make.
Price: $0 - $200 per month
Tagline: "Concerned at getting caught by Originality.ai or other content detectors? Use our tool to avoid detection and do better in search engines."
Firstly, let's look at CogniBypass. CogniBypass is a particularly interesting tool, as not only does it claim to paraphrase content making it undetectable ai generated content, but it also has its own version of ChatGPT.
However, unlike ChatGPT, the CogniGPT tool claims to produce content that is undetectable by AI content detectors the first time around, with no paraphrasing required.
But is that the case?
To put this to the test, we decided to test both the CogniBypass and CogniGPT tools, using the same prompt on ChatGPT to see the difference and review whether they work as they promise to their target audience.
For this test, let's keep the content simple, acting as a fake dental practice, talking about the importance of brushing your teeth.
Here's our prompt:
"Please write an article on the importance of brushing your teeth well for my dental practice. Make the content sound authoritative, and add sections surrounding toothpaste, toothbrushes, and frequency of brushing, as well as the issues if you don't brush your teeth regularly. In the conclusion, please promote our own brand toothbrush, the brusher1000."
Here's what ChatGPT gave us and how Originality.ai scored that content:
And here's what CogniGPT gave us and how Originality.ai scored that content:
At first glance, the tool works perfectly, scoring a 97% human-written score on Originality.ai.
But let's look in a little more detail at the content itself...
From just the introduction, it is clear immediately how this content has gotten such a high human score in Originality.ai.
It doesn't make any sense!
Phrases like:
"Yet not all cleaning regimens are developed equivalent."
Cleaning your teeth well not just assists keep a spectacular smile yet it likewise plays a vital duty in stopping numerous dental health and wellness concerns."
"Tooth brushes are the devices that bring the tooth paste and your teeth with each other."
Once the content is tidied up to make grammatical sense, it reverts back to 100% AI-generated content on Originality.ai.
Let's quickly go back to our ChatGPT version. In its current iteration, the content is flagged as 100% AI-generated content, so let's run it through the CogniBypass tool to see what impact that has.
Disclaimer: Annoyingly, the tool only allows us to do 150 words at a time!
Now that same content is showing as 51% human-written, 49% ai-written, but let's check the actual content again.
Again, there are clear issues with the content created, with lines such as:
"Excellent dental health is critical in preserving a healthy and balanced and also glowing smile."
It is clear that CogniBypass focuses on broken English and poor grammar to trick AI detection tools, which, if you are a native English speaker, is easy to identify.
Price: $0 - $600 per month
Tagline: "Try the best AI blog writing tool on the market, and generate complete, non-detectable articles with outlines, blog content, keywords, and Call To Action in a minute – the first blog is on the house!"
The next tool to look at that claims to bypass AI detectors is blogassistant. Let's see if we have similar results as CogniBypass.
While it is the most expensive option on this list of AI detection bypassing tools, it does offer the first blog for free, so let's take advantage of that and test it out!
Here's the prompt we gave blogassistant, to see if it can avoid AI detection:
"Please write me an article on climate change and why new houses should all be fitted with solar panels, free of charge."
blogassistant has a much more detailed system in place, asking us to fill out much more information before getting started.
Now let's put this into Originality.ai:
Once again, this seems like a good result, but based on the previous results, let's check the grammar on the information before we get ahead of ourselves.
As expected, the reason this content avoids AI detection is due to several spelling mistakes and grammatical errors. In fact, in the first section alone, Grammarly detects unnecessary phrases, missing commas, and missing words ten times.
The reviews for this tool also reflect this sentiment.
in one review from LearnWire, the reviewer states the following:
"I did the trial and realised that their trick to be undetectable by AI trackers is to add a lot of grammar mistakes and blatant punctuation errors. If you fix these errors, Originality AI marks the text as 99 % AI. So, they generate bad-quality text on purpose to bypass AI detectors, but the text is easily detected as AI once you fix these errors. It is quite silly. Too bad that AppSumo allows such a bad product on its site. I guess they have good reviews because they will give free words or some incentive."
Price: $12 - $349 per month
Tagline: "A tool that removes AI content by paraphrasing"
The next tool to look at that claims to bypass AI detection tools is GPTinf. With GPTing, you can register for free to use a limited version of the tool, and then the monthly cost depends on how many words you use per month.
The tool offers to rephrase your AI text so that it beats AI detectors like Originality.ai, and the platform is very simplistic and easy to use.
But does it work?
As with the other tools on this list, let's test it out. This time, let's pretend we run a coffee review website in downtown Manhattan, and we want to create an article on the best places to get coffee from in the local area. We also want to promote our article on email to our subscribers and promote our new coffee at the same time.
Let's start with the blog article first again. Here's our prompt for ChatGPT:
"Please write me an article reviewing the five best coffee shops in downtown Manhattan. The article must come from a place of authority, as we are a coffee review website called Cool Beans. Please review the taste, price, and location while also incorporating customer reviews for each of the five."
Here's what we got in response:
Now let's quickly run that through Originality.ai:
Yep, all good there! Now let's paraphrase it in GPTinf:
Now, let's run our paraphrased content through Originality.ai:
As you can see, the content is still flagged as 100% AI. However, it is easy to see here how GPTinf could work, but not because the content is in a human-written style. There are actually a ton of spelling mistakes, strange phrases, and a lack of spaces between words. It is clear that GPTinf uses this method to try and trick tools, but once you tidy up the grammar, it immediately flags as AI-written.
Now let's look at the product description. Here's our prompt, continuing on ChatGPT:
"Use this writing style and information to create a product description for Cool Beans launching their very first unique coffee beans that are ethically sourced, high-quality, and available to pre-order for 30% off, using code ILOVEBEANS"
Here are the results:
And here's what Originality.ai says:
Here's what GPTinf paraphrase it to:
And here's what Originality.ai says to that:
Nice try, GPTinf!
Okay, now let's check out a marketing email. We have our brand new blog we want to promote, and we have our coffee beans to sell, so let's create an email in ChatGPT and see if GPTinf can tweak it to get past Originality.ai.
Here's our prompt:
"Turn all of that information and the blog article previously into a sales email. Start by promoting the brand new blog and the sub-promotion of our new beans, available for pre-order"
Here's the result:
And here's what Originality.ai thinks:
No surprises there! Now let's see what GPTinf provide us with:
What does Originality.ai think to those changes?
As with the article and the product description, Originality.ai quickly detects this is still 100% AI-generated content.
Alongside our own research, let's look at what the reviews for GPTinf say.
Price: $0 - $199 per month
Tagline: "Provides anonymity and helps avoid detection on websites."
Finally, we move on to Undetectable, the tool that claims to provide users with anonymity online and avoid detection.
Undetectable.ai is another tool that claims to bypass AI detectors such as Originality.ai, and offers you a simple breakdown of how it will do it for you.
Firstly, you are asked to input your AI-generated content, which could be from any AI writing software, such as ChatGPT or a paid subscription. That content could be a blog post, eBook chapter, product description, or even an email.
Next, the Undetectable.ai tool suggests it uses "cutting-edge" machine learning algorithms to analyze the content you submitted, evaluate the context and intent, and then rewrite it so that it becomes undetectable to AI tools like Originality.ai.
The tool also claims to produce human-like content that search engines will love and that is indistinguishable from actual human writing.
Pretty big claims!
So we decided to put it to the test, with ChatGPT as our AI tool of choice. Using an example company, we decided to create one fully ai-generated blog post, one product description, and one email.
The company we decided to create was a standard eCommerce brand selling 5-panel caps. Our made-up company wanted to write an article on why caps are great for when you're travelling and promote a new product across email.
Here is the prompt we used for this test:
"Write me an article on the benefits of wearing a 5-panel cap while travelling. Start with a short introduction to the topic, then the benefits, and then a conclusion. Within the benefits, reference three made-up caps, called the traveller, the recluse, and the hermit. Highlight the benefits of each made-up product seamlessly within the article. In the conclusion, reference a new 5-panel cap that is landing soon, called the pioneer, and keep your eyes peeled for more details. Keep the tone light and adventurous, and be sure to mention our brand "Kappies" throughout"
And here's what ChatGPT provided us with:
Those are pretty strong foundations for a great article! Now let's check if Originality.ai can identify this as AI-generated.
As expected, Originality.ai immediately detects that it is 100% AI-generated content, as many other AI content detection tools would as well.
So let's put Undetectable.ai to the test, seeing if it can trick AI content detectors and make it seem like human-written text.
As you can see, Originality.ai still shows the results are 100% AI-generated, disproving the claims made by Undetectable.ai.
Next, let's focus on the product description. As mentioned in our blog prompt, we are launching a new 5-panel cap, so let's get a product description created on ChatGPT.
Here's our prompt:
"Write a product description for The Pioneer 5-panel cap. Made for travellers, made with sustainable resources, limited-time free shipping, and high-quality and stylish"
And here are the results:
Now let's check that in Originality.ai for AI detection:
As hoped, Originality.ai instantly registers this as AI-generated content. Now let's check it after running it through Undetectable.ai.
Once again, Originality.ai immediately registers this as 100% AI-produced content creation, further proof of the strength of this AI detection tool.
But what about when we use Undetectable.ai for a promotional email regarding our new product? Let's work one up in ChatGPT and find out.
Here's the prompt we used:
"Turn this information into a promotional email, launching the new product with the limited-time free shipping offer, and use code "Kappies" for 10% off. offer lasts three days"
And here's what ChatGPT offered us:
Now let's quickly check that in Originality.ai to see if it identifies it as AI-generated output:
As expected. Now let's run it through Undetectable.ai to see if it can create content that Originality.ai thinks human writers produced.
Once again, there's no tricking Originality.ai that this is human-written content! Even with a different sentence structure, AI writing tools struggle to get AI-generated content past Originality.ai.
Given our findings, we were intrigued to see some of the reviews from users to see how well the tool was received by users.
However, there are also some positive reviews, so it is clear that the tool works for some users:
When it comes to creating content that bypasses AI detectors, there are two clear ways to do so.
AI content generation tools certainly offer many benefits and help you generate content at scale. However, if you want your audience to read your content and become engaged with its uniqueness and authenticity, then you still need to add the touch and flair of human creativity.
Although this is just a small sample size, a more complete study would be needed to truly understand the tool's capabilities at bypassing AI detection. However, from this initial research, it is clear that these tools do not currently outsmart the capabilities of Originality.ai.
Achieving writing that is entirely undetectable by AI is not possible without resorting to bad grammar or making significant changes that may render the text nonsensical to humans.
There is no AI writer that can guarantee complete undetectability as advanced language models and detection algorithms continue to evolve.
Bypassing AI text detection without utilizing bad grammar or incorporating human writing is not currently feasible, as sophisticated algorithms are designed to identify patterns indicative of AI-generated content.
Yes, AI-written content can be detected through various methods, such as using language model classifiers or other AI-based detection algorithms designed to distinguish between human-written and AI-generated text.
