As AI learns to hide, science must learn to trust differently

The newest arms race in artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer about writing better text. It is about making AI-generated writing appear indistinguishable from human work. A recently released academic “humaniser” tool promises to remove stylistic clues that reveal AI-generated manuscripts, allowing research papers and grant proposals to read more like they were written by humans. Its developer describes it as an editing aid rather than a deception tool, but many scientists fear it could...