Now that more and more journals are introducing stricter policies against AI-generated content, do you want to know how InstaText can help you meet originality and authorship criteria and get published?
The short answer to this question is:
Unlike tools like ChatGPT, InstaText does NOT use generative AI technology. It uses advanced language technologies, but not generative AI.
This means that InstaText, as an editing assistant, does not generate new content, but only analyzes, processes, and improves existing content. The text edited with InstaText is therefore not AI-generated.
Examples of generative AI use restrictions
Here are some examples of top publications, both academic and non-academic, that have banned or restricted the use of generative AI in their editorial policies:
TechCrunch, a leading technology publication, has made its stance on generative AI clear in its guest column guidelines: “We do not accept contributions that include text or images produced via generative artificial intelligence.”
The editorial policy of Science, one of the world’s leading peer-reviewed academic journals, contains strict authorship guidelines: “AI-assisted technologies [such as large language models (LLMs), chatbots, and image creators] do not meet the Science journals’ criteria for authorship and therefore may not be listed as authors or coauthors, nor may sources cited in Science journal content be authored or coauthored by AI tools.”
Similarly, the publication terms of The World Economic Forum state: “The use of artificial intelligence—specifically LLMs—should be limited to generating ideas or helping with structure, but not as a sole research tool or to generate unedited or unverified content.”
It asks authors and creators who use LLM tools for background work to make this clear when pitching their article, emphasizing that “the Forum’s reputation carries with it accountability and a need for fresh thinking.”
“AI-assisted technologies [such as large language models (LLMs), chatbots, and image creators] do not meet the Science journals’ criteria for authorship and therefore may not be listed as authors or coauthors, nor may sources cited in Science journal content be authored or coauthored by AI tools.”
— Science journal
What publishing is really about: Creating, not repeating
When you think about it, “fresh thinking,” as The World Economic Forum puts it, is the real purpose of publishing, isn’t it?
The editorial guidelines reminding us of this fact are counterintuitive, but they are emphasized today more than ever as we tend to forget that publishing was originally intended as the next logical step after “creating,” not “regurgitating” old ideas—which is exactly what AI does when it is used to write from scratch.
When it comes to originality, InstaText leads the way.
And originality always pays off—whether you’re a journalist covering a story, a blogger who wants to follow Google’s AI content recommendations, a student writing your thesis, an academic looking to publish your research paper, a startup founder working on an opinion piece, an author writing a book, or an expert writing a thought leadership article.
How InstaText works
Let’s take a closer look at how InstaText helps you comply with authorship and originality guidelines while creating a polished version of your content.
Originality and authorship
InstaText is not an AI content generator, i.e. it does not create new content based on pre-existing data or ideas, as generative AI tools do.
Instead, InstaText—as an editing assistant powered by other types of advanced language technologies—works with the content you’ve written and focuses solely on improving the way your ideas are expressed, rather than adding new information or changing the core message.
This ensures that the originality of your text is preserved and that you remain the author of the content.
Text improvement
InstaText improves your text in terms of clarity, readability, flow, structure, style, tone, conciseness, word choice, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and more during the editing and proofreading process.
See also: InstaText: Most helpful for drafting, editing, or proofreading?
Its few, carefully selected, and intuitive features—like an advanced personal dictionary and options for formal or informal tone and British or American English—make it easy for you to customize the editing process to suit your preferences and requirements.
InstaText’s web-based editor, browser extensions, and the fact that it can be used in offline and online applications such as Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Overleaf and many others means you can access it almost anywhere you need it.
What’s more, the interactivity of feedback, which allows you to accept or reject suggestions, puts you in control of the accuracy of details and helps you write more mindfully while sharpening your writing skills during the editing process.
InstaText also does not overwhelm you with multiple suggestions for each word and does not explain the suggested edits, minimizing the possibility of distractions and decision fatigue.
Plus, it never stores your text, protecting your privacy.
InstaText vs. Grammarly
If you are wondering how InstaText differs from tools like Grammarly, we’ll leave it to the table below to explain the specific differences in detail. In short, InstaText is the ideal tool for publishing purposes because it focuses on preserving originality and authorship as well as in-depth editing, which are crucial in this context.
| Feature/Aspect | Grammarly | InstaText |
|---|---|---|
| Tool type | Writing assistant | Editing assistant |
| Primary use | Proofreading | Editing, proofreading |
| Best stage | Proofreading | Editing |
| Editing depth | Error corrections (grammar, punctuation, tone, and conciseness) | Deep editing (error corrections + clarity, readability, and style improvement) |
| Retaining writer’s voice | Maintains tone but focuses more on correctness | Maintains and enhances writer’s tone and style |
| Content considered AI-generated | Yes, if used extensively for content generation | No (fully respects writer’s authorship) |
| Content suitable for publication where AI-generated content is restricted/not allowed | No, if used extensively for content generation | Yes (scientific and non-scientific) |
| Best for | General users, businesses, students, professionals, copywriters, and content creators | Academics, professionals, journalists, editors, students, general users, copywriters, and content creators |
| Real-time suggestions | Yes (mainly for grammar, tone, and clarity) | Yes (real-time improvements in editing stage) |
| Customization options | Yes (tone, dialect, etc.) | Yes (personal dictionary, tone, dialect, etc.) |
| Platform compatibility | Web-based, browser extensions, multiple applications (Gmail, Slack, Google Docs, Word, etc.) | Web-based, browser extensions, multiple applications (Gmail, Slack, Google Docs, Word, etc.) |
| Privacy | Stores processed texts (with deletion options) | Never stores processed texts |
| Free & paid membership | Yes | Yes |
Meet publishing standards with InstaText
If you already use InstaText, we recommend you take a look at InstaText’s features and capabilities to get the most out of it.
And if you’re new to InstaText, try it for free to see how it helps you meet originality and authorship criteria and increase your chances of not just getting published, but doing so successfully.
“InstaText makes your text engaging to read, coherent, and professional-looking. Further, I feel that paragraphs corrected by InstaText look akin to what I see in top marketing and social psychology journals. It is a huge help for an academic writer because rather than focusing on making the text appealing, you can simply focus on what you want to say and build a logically unfolding narration.”
— Dr. Michał Folwarczny, Postdoctoral Researcher
“InstaText is a great tool! I use it to improve English texts such as articles, projects and abstracts for conferences. The tool provides very useful suggestions that help me to translate the text to a professional level so that no additional review by “native speakers” is required. The time and money savings are obvious. I highly recommend it!”
— Dr. Janez Konc, Senior Researcher
“I find InstaText very helpful. It makes me much faster in writing papers. I’m a perfectionist and usually spend (way too) much time finding the right words and making sure that sentences are easily readable even if the concepts are arbitrarily complicated. InstaText makes my life easier. I recommend it to any PhD student or researcher, whether a native English speaker or not.”
— Giulia Guidi, PhD Student, University of California, Berkeley
