The best defense against AI is ancient intelligence

Published August 21, 2026 2:00pm ET | Updated August 21, 2026 4:14pm ET



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Sophisticated artificial intelligence tools are making it easier than ever for high school and college students not only to cheat but to make cheating virtually undetectable. “Humanizers” can rewrite AI-generated prose to sound organic, while “autotypers” simulate the cadence of human keystrokes, complete with pauses and typo corrections, in programs such as Google Docs.

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