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  "path": "/blog/archives/2026/02/the-ai-generated-text-arms-race.html",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-10T12:03:50.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.schneier.com",
  "tags": [
    "Uncategorized",
    "AI",
    "LLM",
    "stopped accepting",
    "reported a high number"
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  "textContent": "In 2023, the science fiction literary magazine Clarkesworld stopped accepting new submissions because so many were generated by artificial intelligence. Near as the editors could tell, many submitters pasted the magazine’s detailed story guidelines into an AI and sent in the results. And they weren’t alone. Other fiction magazines have also reported a high number of AI-generated submissions.\n\nThis is only one example of a ubiquitous trend. A legacy system relied on the difficulty of writing and cognition to limit volume. Generative AI overwhelms the system because the humans on the receiving end can’t keep up...",
  "title": "AI-Generated Text and the Detection Arms Race"
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