AI artifacts
Silktide finds fragments of raw AI output that were published by accident, such as "As an AI language model..." or an unfilled placeholder like "[insert name]". These fragments are essentially never part of intentional writing, so each one is reported individually with the exact text highlighted.
Why this matters
A single AI artifact on a page is unambiguous proof that content was pasted from an AI tool and published without anyone reading it. Visitors screenshot these, and they travel - "I'm sorry, but I cannot..." on a corporate page is the kind of mistake that ends up quoted publicly. Beyond the embarrassment, it tells every reader that nobody checked the page, which undermines everything else on it.
How to fix it
- Delete or rewrite the flagged fragment. For placeholders such as "[insert company]", fill in the real value.
- Then read the whole page. An artifact means the page went out unedited, so the surrounding content has likely had no human review either.
- If the text is intentional - for example, an article about AI that quotes a chatbot's response - the finding.
How Silktide tests this
- Scan the text people can see on each page, plus text alternatives such as image .
- Look for phrases from a curated list that are essentially diagnostic of
unedited AI output, matching regardless of capitalization:
- AI self-references, such as "as an AI language model".
- Refusal boilerplate, such as "I'm sorry, but I cannot".
- Knowledge-cutoff hedges, such as "as of my last knowledge update".
- Leftover chat scaffolding, such as "here's a revised version" or "let me know if you".
- Unfilled template placeholders, such as "[insert date]" or "[your name here]".
- Report every match separately, with its surrounding text and its location on the page highlighted.
- Elements you have excluded from checking are skipped.
Troubleshooting
The page quotes AI output deliberately
Journalism, documentation, and teaching material sometimes reproduce AI responses on purpose, quotes and all. The check cannot tell an intentional quote from an accident, so approve those findings.
The phrase list feels narrow
That is by design. This check flags on a single match, so it only contains phrases that should never appear in finished copy. Its companion check, AI clichés, covers the broader problem of writing that merely sounds generated.