How to remove AI from text without changing your facts
AI-written text has a recognisable rhythm. Here is what gives it away and how to change it, by hand or with a free AI humanizer.
1. See which parts read as AI
Paste the text into a free AI detector. Penned's detector scores each sentence, so you can see which parts are flagged instead of guessing. Use at least 150 words; shorter texts give unreliable scores on every detector.
2. Fix the patterns detectors look for
- Even rhythm. Mix short sentences with long ones. Split a long one in two; join two short ones.
- Stock transitions. Cut "furthermore", "moreover", "additionally" and "in conclusion". Most sentences do not need a link word.
- Polished, abstract words. Replace "crucial", "pivotal", "landscape", "foster" and "seamless" with plain, specific words.
- Tidy structure. Not every paragraph needs a summary sentence, and not every list needs three items.
- No point of view. Add an example, an opinion or a detail only you would know.
More detail on why these patterns matter is in how AI detectors work.
3. Or humanize the text in one step
Doing this by hand takes a while for anything longer than a page. The Penned AI humanizer (also spelled AI humaniser) does it for you:
- Each paragraph is rewritten several times by our own writing model.
- Every version is scored by an AI detector and checked against your original for meaning, names and numbers.
- A final fact-check pass fixes any detail that was changed or invented.
It is free for up to 6,000 words a day with a Google sign-in. Pick the style that matches your text (essay, academic, blog, email and more) so the rewrite fits it.
4. Read it and check again
No tool can guarantee a pass on every detector, because detectors change and disagree with each other. Read the result, change anything that does not sound like you, and run it through the detector once more before you use it.
What not to do
- Do not swap words for synonyms one by one. It makes text worse and detectors still catch it.
- Do not add hidden characters or deliberate typos. They are easy to spot and make the text look tampered with.
- Do not trust a rewrite you have not read. Check that every fact, figure and quote is still right.