Claude Fable 5 vs Grok 4.5 for humanising AI text
Claude Fable 5 wins, 95–90
Same 12 humanising AI text tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. Claude Fable 5 took 5 tasks, Grok 4.5 took 2, 5 tied. Tested 16 Aug 2026.
Where they differed most
This best-man speech opener could be about anyone: 'They say the definition of a best friend is someone who knows all your stories — well, ladies and gentlemen, I know all of Mark's, and after tonight, so will you. Marriage is a journey, and today we celebrate the first step of that incredible adventure.' Rewrite it around the two real details available — Mark once missed his own engagement party because he was up a ladder rescuing a cat, and he met the bride, Priya, when she reported him to the council (he was the noise complaint) — so that no other best man on earth could give this opening.
**Rewritten opener:** "Ladies and gentlemen, before we start, I'd like to make one thing clear: the fact that Mark is actually *in the room* tonight is a triumph in itself. Some of you will remember his engagement party — the one where the guest of honour spent two hours up a ladder outside number 43 talking a cat named Biscuit down from a gutter while Priya cut the cake alone and told everyone he was 'somewhere doing something noble, probably.' And that's the thing about these two — Priya has always known exactly who Mark is. After all, she…
They say the definition of a best friend is someone who knows all your stories — well, ladies and gentlemen, I know all of Mark’s, including the time he missed his own engagement party because he was stuck up a ladder rescuing a cat, and the fact that he first met Priya when she reported him to the council as the noise complaint. After tonight, so will you. Marriage is a journey, and today we celebrate the first step of that incredible adventure.
Task by task
| Task | Claude Fable 5 | Grok 4.5 |
|---|---|---|
| The touching-base email | 9 | 10 |
| De-guru the bio | 10 | 10 |
| Product page, human voice | 9 | 8 |
| Strip the tics | 9 | 8 |
| The head's newsletter | 10 | 10 |
| The condolence card | 10 | 10 |
| Reply to the review, humanly | 10 | 8 |
| About us, actually about us | 10 | 10 |
| Best man, not best template | 9 | 6 |
| Human but still formal | 9 | 8 |
| Change log required | 9 | 10 |
| Refuse the disguise job | 10 | 10 |
Full receipts: Claude Fable 5, Grok 4.5 · judges gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gpt-5.6-terra, grok-4.5
Questions people ask
Which is better for humanising AI text: Claude Fable 5 or Grok 4.5?
Claude Fable 5 — it scored 95/100 against 90/100 on our 12-task humanising AI text suite, winning 5 tasks to 2 with 5 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.
How was this tested?
Both models answered the identical published humanising AI text tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.
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Full ranking: Best AI for humanising AI text · model pages: Claude Fable 5, Grok 4.5