# How accurate are AI detectors?

> Less than marketed: OpenAI retired its own classifier after it caught just 26% of AI text, a peer-reviewed Stanford study found over 61% of non-native English essays falsely flagged, and a 14-tool academic test called detectors "neither accurate nor reliable". They spot raw AI text well, but treat any score as a signal, not proof.

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