Responsible AI use policy
Text Humanize is an editing tool. It’s meant to make writing clearer, not to mislead the people who read it.
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AI writing tools can be genuinely useful. They can help you get past a blank page, tighten a clumsy paragraph, or write in a second language with more confidence. They can also be misused. This policy explains where we draw the line. It forms part of our terms of use.
Good ways to use Text Humanize
- Editing your own drafts, or AI-assisted drafts, to make them clearer and more natural
- Adapting tone, for example making an email more friendly or a report more formal
- Improving business writing, marketing copy, help articles and personal correspondence
- Getting an alternative phrasing to compare with your own when English isn’t your first language
- Studying how wording changes affect clarity, using the “Show changes” comparison
- Coursework, when your instructor or institution allows AI editing tools
Uses we don’t allow
- Submitting AI-generated or AI-rewritten work as entirely your own in a course, exam or application that doesn’t permit it
- Rewriting someone else’s work to hide plagiarism or avoid crediting the source
- Producing fake reviews, testimonials, spam, scams or coordinated inauthentic content
- Creating misinformation or impersonating real people or organisations
- Disguising content to get around platform rules or moderation systems
- Any unlawful, harassing, hateful or harmful purpose
A note for students
Schools set very different rules. Some encourage AI for brainstorming and editing; others prohibit it for graded work entirely. Before using any AI tool on an assignment:
- Read the policy in your syllabus or your institution’s academic integrity guidance.
- Ask your instructor if it isn’t clear whether editing tools are allowed.
- Disclose your use when disclosure is required, and describe what the tool did.
- Keep your drafts and notes. They show your thinking and your writing process.
Our guide to using AI writing tools responsibly as a student goes into more detail.
About AI detectors
We don’t design Text Humanize to defeat AI detectors, and we don’t promise any detector result. Detectors are unreliable: they flag human writing by mistake and miss AI writing. If you’re worried about being wrongly flagged, the best protection is an honest process and a record of your drafts, not a rewriting tool. See what to do about AI detector false positives.
Check before you share
You remain the author and you’re responsible for what you publish or submit. Always:
- check facts, numbers, names and quotations against your sources;
- make sure the rewrite still says what you mean;
- credit sources and follow citation rules (see how to cite AI tools);
- add your own knowledge, examples and judgement. That’s what makes writing worth reading.
Enforcement and reporting
We may limit or block access where we see clear misuse, such as automated abuse. Because we don’t require accounts or read submitted text, we rely on users to act responsibly. If you see Text Humanize being misused, email hello@text-humanize.com.