Is it real,
or is it fake?
The internet's most obsessive authentication desk. Forensic side-by-sides for sneakers, watches, handbags, and AI-generated content — written by people who've held thousands of reps in their hands.
What we inspect.
Six forensic categories, one obsessive standard. Every guide is built from physical comparison, not stock images — stitch-count, font-kerning, serial-etch, waveform signature.
This week's verdicts.
Freshly authenticated. Every piece is photographed against a known-real reference, cross-checked against serials, and scored by our four-point confidence system.
The tools we actually use.
We ran 4,200 text samples and 800 images through every detector on the market. These are the three that passed. Affiliate-supported, but we buy the subscriptions ourselves.
GPTZero
The education-industry default. Strong on academic prose, weaker on short-form and heavily edited text. Generous free tier.
Originality.ai
The highest-accuracy detector in our 4,200-sample test. Bundles plagiarism checking and AI detection in one dashboard. What the pros use.
Winston AI
Best-in-class for publishers and agencies. Handles French, Spanish, and German. Slight edge on longer documents above 1,000 words.