Beehiiv Community + Substack AI Detector

July 23, 2026 |
Keenen Charles

This week beehiiv announced a slew of new features particularly around community building and AI. It'll be interesting to see how those community features develop and if it follows Substack's path or diverges. Substack also announced an AI detector for readers and there's a look at the problem of bot clicks.

And the featured newsletters this week cover news, disability, nutrition, and more!

📰 News & Articles

Beehiiv now lets subscribers chat with each other, adds AI

Beehiiv is launching a feature called Community, which lets subscribers of a creator chat with each other and has added AI features.

Is Beehiiv becoming Substack?

Discussion around whether Beehiiv is positioning itself similarly to Substack now instead of focusing on being infrastructure-first.

Substack adds an AI detector

Substack will now help users determine whether what they’re reading may have been written by AI.

The Bot Click Problem Has Reached Consumer Newsletters [Signup Required]

Media operators with newsletters need to be aware of the growing problem of bot clicks.

⭐ Featured Newsletters

The Persistent

Covering women for a change

Plant Nutrition Edit

Evidence-based plant food science for real life.

AI Insurer Brier

AI is reshaping Insurance. Will you adapt or left behind?

Atlantic Lens

Bridging the Atlantic: Investigative reporting on justice and power.

Disability Debrief

Explore disability around the world

See Ya

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Keenen Charles

Keenen is the creator of InboxReads and a believer in the future of newsletters and email for sharing great content.

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