Question 1

How does ScanTheFake detect AI-generated content?

Accepted Answer

ScanTheFake uses multiple AI models to analyze content. For images, we examine pixel patterns, metadata, and AI model fingerprints. For text, we measure perplexity, burstiness, and stylistic markers. For videos, we perform frame-by-frame temporal analysis and facial landmark detection.

Question 2

Is ScanTheFake free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes, ScanTheFake is completely free to use. There are no hidden fees, subscriptions, or premium tiers. We do enforce rate limits (10 scans per minute) to ensure fair access for everyone.

Question 3

Are my uploaded files stored?

Accepted Answer

No. Your files are processed in memory and immediately discarded after analysis. We never permanently store your uploaded content. We only retain anonymized scan metadata (file type, size, verdict) for aggregate statistics, which contains no personally identifiable information.

Question 4

What types of content can ScanTheFake detect?

Accepted Answer

ScanTheFake can analyze four types of content: images (JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF), videos (MP4, WebM, MOV), text (paste directly or upload PDF, Word, or TXT files), and links (direct URLs or social media posts from Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Reddit, and more).

Question 5

How accurate is ScanTheFake?

Accepted Answer

ScanTheFake achieves up to 98.7% accuracy for image detection. However, AI detection is probabilistic — results should be interpreted as one data point among many. Accuracy varies depending on content quality, format, compression, and the sophistication of the AI model used to generate the content.

Question 6

Can ScanTheFake detect ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini text?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Our text scanner analyzes writing patterns including perplexity, burstiness, and stylistic markers to detect text generated by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other large language models. You can paste text directly or upload PDF, Word, or plain text documents.

Question 7

What social media platforms does the link scanner support?

Accepted Answer

The link scanner supports 9+ platforms including Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Reddit, Pinterest, and Threads. It auto-detects the content type from the URL and performs the appropriate analysis.

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