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ISSUE #12 / FEB 25, 2026

The Weekly Briefing

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE

Can you tell which of these two product reviews was written by AI? One was posted by a verified buyer on Amazon. The other was generated by Claude 3.5. Take the challenge inside.

TOOL UPDATE

Copyleaks just released v4.2 with improved multilingual detection. We tested it against our standard benchmark. Results: 94% accuracy on English, 87% on Spanish, 82% on German. Full breakdown below.

TOP STORY

The EU AI Act's labeling requirements go into effect in August. Here's what that means for content creators, platforms, and detection tool companies. We break down the key provisions and what to expect.

QUICK HITS

  • New deepfake detection API launched by Reality Defender
  • OpenAI adds C2PA metadata to all DALL-E outputs
  • Study: 73% of people trust AI-generated news headlines

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