Stipple Guides

Guides to AI detection, writingand synthetic media.

Understand the signal, verify the claim. Deep, practical guides to AI detectors, better writing, AI-generated images, deepfakes and provenance - written for people who need to decide what evidence actually means.

Cornerstone guides

Start with thequestion you have.

Each guide is built for search and AI answers: clear definitions, practical decision frameworks, concise FAQs, and links into the Stipple tools when the reader is ready to check something real.

AI detection9 min read

Claude’s invisible text watermark: what it proves, and what it doesn’t

Anthropic is embedding invisible watermarks in Claude-generated text from August 2026. What the mark proves, why its absence proves nothing, and what changes for AI detection.

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Research11 min read

39 of 101 citations in AI-written reports did not exist

We asked language models for referenced reports and checked every citation. 38.6% did not exist as cited — and the rate doubled when the topic thinned out.

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Research11 min read

94.7% detection across 12 language models

We generated documents from 12 language models and detected 94.7%, then measured what most vendors leave out: false accusations of human writers.

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Research10 min read

Four payslip forgery types caught every time, one we gave up

We forged 192 of 210 Australian payslips six ways and ran each through the same forensic checks. Four types were caught every time. One we gave up.

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AI detection16 min read

The best AI detector: how to choose one, and what “best” really means

The criteria that separate a usable AI detector from a marketing number: how they work, where they fail, our measured results, and a test you can run.

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AI detection12 min read

AI detector guide: what the score means and what to do next

A plain-English guide to AI detectors, AI checker tools, free AI detection, false positives, and how to review AI-writing results fairly.

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AI detection12 min read

AI hallucinations: why models make things up — and the one kind you can check

What an AI hallucination is, why models invent facts and sources, real examples — and the one hallucination you can verify: citations that don’t exist.

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Writing help11 min read

How to humanize AI writing so it actually sounds like you

A beginner-friendly guide to humanizing AI text, improving AI writing, using AI humanizer tools responsibly, and avoiding generic AI-sounding prose.

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Writing help10 min read

AI paraphrasing guide: rewrite clearly without changing the facts

A clear guide to AI paraphrasing tools, paraphrasing without plagiarism, preserving meaning, and checking rewritten text for accuracy.

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Synthetic media12 min read

AI image detection: how to check if an image might be AI-generated

A simple guide to AI image detectors, image provenance, C2PA, metadata, synthetic image signals, and how to check an AI-generated image responsibly.

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Synthetic media13 min read

Deepfake detection: how to spot synthetic media without overreacting

A practical guide to deepfake detection, synthetic media, provenance, and how to verify suspicious images, documents, video, or audio claims.

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