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title: "Can an AI detector be wrong?"
description: "Yes, often. Detectors produce false positives, which means they flag human writing as AI. Plain, clear, careful writing scores as predictable, so it can trip the tool even when a person wrote every..."
url: https://removeaitells.com/faq-items/can-an-ai-detector-be-wrong/
date: 2026-09-20
modified: 2026-09-20
author: "Remove AI Tells"
type: faq
lang: en
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# Can an AI detector be wrong?

Yes, often. Detectors produce false positives, which means they flag human writing as AI. Plain, clear, careful writing scores as predictable, so it can trip the tool even when a person wrote every word. Non-native English writers and technical writers get caught this way more than most. A flag is a guess, so it can absolutely be wrong about honest work.