AI Cheating Just Got Much Harder to Catch

In this episode we explore the rise of AI cheating tools, and what they reveal about the future of writing instruction.We break down a recent New York Times investigation into “humanizers” and “autotypers,” tools designed to make AI-generated student writing harder to detect. But the episode goes beyond academic integrity panic. The real question is what teachers and school leaders can still do when digital evidence of authorship becomes unreliable.Topics covered:What AI “humanizers” do to rewrite machine-generated textHow “autotypers” fake drafting, pauses, corrections, and revision historyWhy Google Docs version history is becoming less reliable as proof of authorshipThe blurred line between cheating tools and “AI help” toolsWhy Grammarly, GPTZero, and similar platforms raise complicated ethical questionsWhat teachers can do when detection no longer worksSources:https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/ai-apps-students-cheat.html