The fanfiction community is at war with AI — and itself

A new browser skin for the Archive of Our Own (AO3) has emerged, designed to detect and highlight AI-generated fanfiction by identifying code artifacts left by the Claude chatbot. While the tool successfully flags direct pastes from AI, it has sparked a divisive campaign of public shaming within the fandom. Experts and critics warn that the tool is prone to overgeneralization, potentially penalizing authors who use AI only for minor assistance like spell-checking, while easily being bypassed by those who edit their work externally. The situation highlights the broader, unresolved tension regarding AI's role in creative spaces and the lack of reliable, universal methods for detecting machine-generated text.

(Source：The Verge)