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Substack's new AI-detection feature has divided its community

NPR | By Zephyr Weinreich
Published August 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM EDT

Newsletter platform Substack recently unveiled a new feature that allows users to scan posts of 100 words or more to find out what percentage was AI — and it's polarized the community.

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