Field notes
Practical guides to spotting AI-generated content. We pair every claim with a forensic technique you can run yourself.
- guide··7 min read
Spotting AI on Instagram: A 60-Second Field Guide for 2026
AI-generated influencers, fake travel posts, deepfake celebrities — Instagram is flooded with synthetic content. Here's a fast checklist of tells that still work in 2026, plus when to stop guessing and run a forensic check.
#instagram#image-forensics#social-media#guide
- guide··11 min read
The Tells of an AI Image: A Visual Forensic Walkthrough
What artifacts give away AI-generated images? A guided tour through ELA, FFT spectra, channel decomposition, and the diffusion-model fingerprints you can see with your own eyes.
#image-forensics#deepfakes#visual-analysis
- guide··8 min read
How to Spot AI-Written Text: 9 Signs That Actually Work
A field guide to recognizing AI-generated writing — from burstiness and perplexity to the telltale tics of GPT, Claude, and Gemini. Practical examples, not theory.
#text-detection#guide#writing
- explainer··9 min read
What Is C2PA, and Why It Will Quietly End AI Detection
Cryptographic content provenance is rolling out across Adobe, OpenAI, Sony, and the BBC. Here's how it works, who's signing what, and why detection tools should embrace it instead of fight it.
#C2PA#provenance#explainer