Detecting Machine-Generated Text: Techniques and Challenges (2024.acl-tutorials)
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| Challenge: | This tutorial focuses on machine-generated text and deepfakes. |
| Approach: | This tutorial aims to provide a comprehensive overview of text detection techniques . it will focus on machine-generated text and deepfakes . |
| Outcome: | This tutorial focuses on machine-generated text and deepfakes. |
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