Substack’s new tool tells you who writes their newsletters using AI

Substack has launched a new feature that can show you which of your favorite newsletters are being written using AI.

This week’s newsletter and writing platform Announce Integration with AI writing detection software Pangram This will allow users to scan posts, comments, and responses on the Substack app to get an estimate of how much of the content is human-written and how much is artificial intelligence.

In the short term, this move could be bad for Substack’s business, because it could expose many newsletters on its platform that were not entirely written by people. This could potentially erode trust in the platform’s ecosystem of independent news and blogs, or even damage its reputation as a host of quality content.

But in the long run, AI detection features could help keep Substack free of “AI fraud” and encourage more users to trust that what they’re reading was written by someone, or at least better understand when that’s not the case.

Substack joins many platforms leaning towards it Artificial intelligence content classification As such, especially now that AI is playing a bigger role in the creative process. Images and videos created using artificial intelligence are Named On social networking sites, while Music streaming services I recently started labeling and, in some cases, punishment AI generated music.

“This is a good use of AI,” said Chris Best, CEO of Substack.

“When I was pitching the Substack idea to the writers, one of the ways I was going to do it was…we’ll do everything for you except the hard part,” he explained in a message. Chat online With the founder of Pangram, Max Spiro. “You have to have something – an idea worth reading, worth caring about, worth sharing. This one thing is very difficult and very valuable… The software has to do everything else, but I think you want the person to do the hard part.”

The feature will be available in the Substack app for any post, note, reply, or comment that is more than 100 characters long. Substack will also allow its writers to include an optional AI author note, with which creators can properly disclose their use of AI, the company told TechCrunch.

The company explained that the tool does not aim to ban or punish writing with the help of artificial intelligence, but rather to encourage writers to add the phrase “How do I do this,” as they explain their process.

Publishers can also run Pangram on their own drafts before publishing, and report and remove scans of their work that they believe are errors.