Check text for AI writing.

Paste text or open a document for GPTZero AI screening and CouldItBe’s supporting writing observations. Consent is required before text is sent. You can also choose a local-only review.

What this tool can tell you

What it can doScreen text with GPTZero after consent and report local writing observations separately, including contrasting evidence.

What it cannot doProve who or what wrote something, calculate an AI-authorship probability, or replace provenance and writing-process evidence.

How to use these tools and read your results

Add text to check

Paste writing or open a document, then choose AI screening or a local-only pattern review.

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TXT, DOCX, or a PDF with selectable text · up to 8 MB · processed only in this tab.

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No text handy?Illustrative AI-written sample, not an accuracy test.
Local analysis options (optional)
Use this when no more specific type applies.Get observations and measurements without assuming a genre.
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Stays on this device

Scanning photographs one page and uses OCR on this device to turn visible writing into editable text. Nothing is uploaded. OCR can misread words, punctuation, columns, handwriting, page numbers, footnotes, tables, and damaged pages. You must compare and correct the result. The photograph is not analyzed, and a successful scan does not prove authorship or origin.

Check for AI writing

Get GPTZero’s classification and CouldItBe’s local writing observations in one report.

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Paste writing or open a document, then choose Check for AI writing or Review local patterns only.

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Compare how two drafts changed

Both drafts remain in browser memory. This describes changes; it does not identify a writer, editor, model, or tool.

Browser memory only · no upload · no retention · source text excluded from export

Research results and measurement glossary

What the paired pattern did in recent tests

These are aggregate pattern counts from fixed, bounded studies. They are not accuracy, probability, sensitivity, specificity, or proof of authorship. The rule was not changed after these results were reviewed.

Document typeTransformed synthetic samplesHuman reference samples
Essay5 / 6 showed the pair0 / 30 across 10 source groups showed the pair
Article5 / 6 showed the pair0 / 17 across 8 source groups showed the pair
Review6 / 6 showed the pair4 / 30; author grouping unavailable showed the pair

Important: Human reviews also produced the pattern combination. Editing, genre conventions, translation, templates, and individual style can create similar measurements. Review results therefore need especially cautious interpretation and provenance checks.

What the measurements mean

Measurements describe visible structure and wording only. The paired-pattern review is document-aware, abstains where evidence is too limited, and must be considered alongside counterexamples and provenance.

Sentence-length variation

How much sentence length changes within this sample.

Vocabulary distribution

How broadly words are distributed across moving passages.

Repeated phrases

Repeated three-word sequences; topics, quotations, and templates can create them.

Transitions and hedges

Linking and qualifying words that may reflect genre, editing, or style.

Template-shaped phrases

A small fixed list of common formulaic phrases, never a universal signature.

Citation-shaped patterns

Reference-like forms, not validation that a source is accurate.

Style shift

A change in average sentence length between halves of the document.

Evidence state

A review state—not a classification of who or what wrote the text.