Admit it: AI is just a Search Engine on Steroids.<\/p>\n
In the days of search engines, as Content Creators, Journalists, Public Relations Professionals, etc, we used to search for information on a subject and then create our own articles from the many sources available.<\/p>\n
We knew which sites to trust and when to get corroborating information and direct quotes.<\/p>\n
Now AI does most of that work for us \u2013 scanning sources and collating that into an article structure of AI\u2019s choosing.<\/p>\n
More often that not we rush to publication with a straight ctrl A, ctrl C, ctrl V (copy and paste) into our publications.<\/p>\n
Now the AI models have a unique way of structuring their responses and data and schema and html tags.<\/p>\n
The first red flag are those articles with well formatted titles that are structured with separation lines, proper headings and bold keywords.<\/p>\n
The second red flag is the appearance of strange characters were they should not be \u2013 like ? where a space should be or ?-? were a tab should be.<\/p>\n
The kicker is when you look at the HTML source of the article. AI structures paragraph tags in a very unique way. You and I use the normal tags with some defining elements, never numbers. A typical AI paragraph tag will look something like this:<\/p>\n
\n<p data-start=\u201d823\u2033 data-end=\u201d979\u2033>text<\/p><\/em><\/p>\n
Humans will use this code:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
If you look at the Page Source of any article developed by AI and not formatted by a human even the heading tags will be unique. Here is an example:<\/p>\n
\n<h2 data-section-id=\u201dkgn99s\u201d data-start=\u201d2104\u2033 data-end=\u201d2156\u2033>Heading 2<\/h2>.<\/em><\/p>\n
Humans will use this code: <\/em><h2>Heading 2<\/h2><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
All in all \u2013 look for the word \u2018data\u2019 within any HTML tags and you could be seeing a red flag rising from a sea of code.<\/p>\n
TIPS: <\/strong><\/p>\n
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- If you read an article and react neutrally then it is probably AI generated.<\/em><\/li>\n
- If there is no Call to Action within or, typically, at the end of the article then it could be AI Generated.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I asked AI for Red Flags saying;<\/strong> \u201cI am writing an article to help readers spot AI Articles, one of the red flags I highlight is the use of unique identifiers for HTML Tags. Could you give some more Red Flags to look out for and examples of how AI structures content in a way that is different from say a normal journalist who uses WordPress for publication?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
That answer is produced below EXACTLY as answered and with the same HTML code provided by Google\u2019s Gemini AI. Right click on this page and then click on \u2018Page Source\u2019, then search for the section below to see how Gemini codes it\u2019s answer.<\/p>\n
Interestingly enough Gemini has also pointed out the heading, paragraph and bullet point structure, along with the \u2018desire\u2019 to stay strictly neutral\/factual rather than taking a stand.<\/p>\n
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