Authors Use 'Paper Trail' Tools to Fend Off AI Allegations
Wired AI · rss · 2026-11-09
Wired reports on the publishing industry's paranoia over manuscript provenance: writers increasingly rely on 'paper trail' tools like process logs and version history to prove they didn't use AI, but the piece argues these defenses remain insufficient, leaving authors in an impossible bind.
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