Following Sports Illustrated AI Scandal, Copyleaks Launches AI Detection for Publishers

New York, NY – December 12, 2023 – Copyleaks, the leader in plagiarism identification, AI-content detection, and GenAI governance, today announced the launch of a groundbreaking AI detection tool tailored for news publishers aimed at preserving content authenticity and credibility. 

Sports Illustrated recently faced controversy for publishing articles by fictitious authors with made-up names, false biographies, and AI-generated headshots. SI clarified that the articles themselves weren’t AI-generated but attributed the issue to a third-party vendor responsible for their commerce content.

“Despite Sports Illustrated’s assurances, doubts linger about whether their content was AI-generated,” said Alon Yamin, CEO and co-founder of Copyleaks. “This uncertainty has impacted their credibility with readers and brand partners, possibly affecting their audience and advertising revenue. As more content gets outsourced, the necessity for AI copy detection tools becomes crucial.”

Enter Copyleaks for News Publishers. Initially exclusive to a select group of news publishers, Copyleaks has broadened its reach to all publishers, enhancing quality control with third-party vendors. This tool enables publishers to identify AI-generated text from sources like ChatGPT, Bard, and GPT-4 and recognizes AI content in 30 languages, with plans to add more. Copyleaks facilitates the efficient scaling of AI detection across numerous content pieces, effectively differentiating between human-written content and AI-generated content. It can also detect plagiarized and paraphrased content from AI and humans. 

“Copyleaks offers a range of features for news publishers,” added Yamin. “We provide the ability to scan files, texts, code, and multiple URLs at various sensitivity levels. Users can switch between detecting AI-generated content and plagiarism, support multiple languages, and exclude specific elements like quotes, citations, and titles from their scans. This is the most comprehensive and accurate solution in the market.”

Copyleaks for Publishers provides another valuable service: it enables publishers to detect plagiarism of their articles across the web. In the AI era, there has been a surge in “made for advertising” (MFA) websites acting as content farms, often featuring plagiarized news articles to draw readers and traffic for ad revenue. Copyleaks allows publishers to efficiently identify plagiarism on a large scale for individual articles and their entire website.

Copyleaks features a 99.1% accuracy rating, per third-party research. It also features full model coverage that includes ChatGPT, Bard, GPT-4, and many others.