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GPTZero

Media Country or Region United States of America
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Journalists Toolbox Reilley, Mike (2025) 'Journalist’s Toolbox™'. Available at: https://journaliststoolbox.ai/ (Accessed March 2025).
GPTZero is a tool designed to detect AI-generated text, helping journalists verify whether content has been written by AI models like ChatGPT. It provides a simple, user-friendly interface to scan documents and highlight areas that may be AI-generated. By analyzing the writing style and patterns, GPTZero offers a percentage of AI likelihood, supporting editorial standards and fact-checking efforts. This tool helps ensure the authenticity of content, making it valuable for journalists concerned about maintaining credibility. It is available for free with a quick scanning process.
Newsgathering and Fact-Checking

Data Gathering (Open-source intelligence tools, Geospatial data platforms, Public record datasets) Data Verification (Fact-checking, Reverse-image search, Source tracing) Social Media Mining (Automated filtering, Pattern identification) Hazard Monitoring and Warning Systems

Production

Data Visualization (Environmental data charting, 3-D modeling) Topic Development (Mockups, Storyboards, News aggregation) Automated Content Generation (Writing assistants, Grammar checkers) Technical Assistance (Remote production, Visual effects, Autonomous cameras)

SDG 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
#analyze GPTZero provides key analytical features such as "perplexity" and "burstiness" scores to evaluate the likelihood of AI authorship. Perplexity measures how predictably AI generates text, while burstiness assesses how much AI text deviates from human-like patterns, helping users distinguish between human and machine-generated writing. These metrics enable a deeper analysis of content authenticity, beneficial for fact-checking in professional settings.
#detect GPTZero specializes in detecting AI-generated content within text, pinpointing sentences or sections written by AI. The tool highlights these sections to allow users to easily identify and verify the authenticity of the content. This makes it particularly valuable for journalists and researchers who need to ensure that their sources are not relying on AI-generated material without proper disclosure.
#factcheck As a reliable tool for fact-checking, GPTZero helps users identify and verify the authenticity of online content. It combats AI plagiarism by distinguishing between human-written and AI-generated content, which is crucial for maintaining integrity in journalism. This is especially important in the age of digital misinformation, where journalists rely on AI detection tools to preserve content accuracy and credibility.
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Deployment Type
Web Platform
Community Moderation
Does not require community manager
Difficulty Level
Requires developer
License
Proprietary
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