Originality.ai - Detection Testing
Step 1: Open Originality.ai
When you open the site, the AI Checker is already selected. On a first visit a cookie notice appears on the right, so click Accept or Reject to clear it. The detector shows a model selector and a language selector at the top, a large text box in the middle, and Paste and Upload buttons at the bottom. One thing to note up front is that the scan needs at least 100 words.
Image 1: The homepage. The arrows mark the text area, where you need at least 100 words, and the Paste button.
Step 2: Paste your text and run the scan
Click the Paste button, or click inside the box and paste your text. The character count appears at the bottom of the box. In this test the text came to 784 of the 12,000 free characters. Once the text is in, click the Scan button on the bottom right. The panel on the right shows the score gauge, which reads as dashes until the scan runs, along with a short list of features.
This is the text I used for the test:
Social media is facing criticism from multiple directions. Parents, lawmakers, mental health researchers, creators, and users have all raised concerns about addictive feeds, harmful recommendations, misinformation, political polarization, and the pressure created by engagement-driven platforms. Algorithmic transparency has become part of that debate. People want to know why they are seeing certain posts and whether they can escape patterns that feel unhealthy or irrelevant. At the same time, platforms are competing harder for attention. TikTok reshaped the industry with its highly personalized For You feed. Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X, Snapchat, and Threads have all leaned more heavily on recommendation systems that show users content from accounts they do not follow. |
Image 2: The text pasted in. Click Scan, and the live character count shows how much you have entered.
Step 3: Read the result
The result comes back right away, with no waiting time. The gauge fills in and shows a confidence score. In this test it read 100% Confident That’s AI, which means the tool is fully confident the scanned text is AI generated. As the site itself points out, that is not the same as saying 100 percent of the words are AI. It is the confidence level of the verdict. The scanned text is highlighted so you can see exactly what was analyzed.
Image 3: The result. The score reads 100% Confident That’s AI, and the scanned text is highlighted.
Step 4: Deep Scan and the other tools (login needed)
Below the result you get two buttons. Scan Again repeats the basic scan and does not need an account. Run Deep Scan, which gives sentence level detail and fuller explanations, requires a free signup. The left sidebar lists the other tools Originality offers, including Plagiarism, Grammar, Content Quality, Guideline, and Readability checkers, and these also sit behind a login. The note at the bottom of the page sums it up: the free scan is limited, and higher word counts, saved reports, plagiarism checking, readability, grammar, fact checking, team tools, and API access come with the full version.
Image 4: After the scan. Scan Again is free, while Run Deep Scan and the sidebar tools need a free account.
Good to know
• The basic AI scan works without an account. Deep Scan and the other tools need a free signup.
• The scan needs at least 100 words. The free character limit in this test was 12,000.
• A 100 percent confidence score means the tool is fully sure the text is AI generated, not that every word is AI.
• The scanned text is highlighted, and you can copy your text and the verdict into any document.
