# People Using (non-iNat) AI Identification on Observations

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/people-using-non-inat-ai-identification-on-observations/77355>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** identification, ai\
**Created:** [April 4, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/people-using-non-inat-ai-identification-on-observations/77355 "2026-04-04T21:26:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![cthawley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/cthawley/32/1445_2.png) [@cthawley](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/cthawley)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/people-using-non-inat-ai-identification-on-observations/77355/2 "2026-04-04T21:33:51Z")

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There’s this current thread which seems to be discussing a similar issue (though in reverse, there the observer is using AI to ID and provide comments). If it’s close enough, moderators can add your above post to the conversation there:

[https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/stance-on-ai-assistants-to-write-responses-to-identifications/77041](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/stance-on-ai-assistants-to-write-responses-to-identifications/77041)

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