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Okay, why are the publishers asking you to review someone else's paper? Are you an editor working for them? Will they pay you for this?
Because if you're just a contributor, why the heck are they outsourcing their editing work to you?
I think the best way to cover yourself is to send that back right off and say you're not their employee (maybe word that more tactfully). Whatever about suspicions the other person may have used AI to generate their essay, it's got nothing to do with you unless you do work for that publisher and are their employee.
It seems extremely unprofessional because it's setting you up (and whatever others they're pulling this same thing with) for an accusation of "you read my essay pre-publication and plagiarised it!", never mind the messiness around alleged AI use. They're putting you at risk of a lawsuit or, at the very least, having your reputation trashed online.
This is not your job. Maybe they're trying to double-check for AI use and they're sending essays received to everyone to be evaluated, but again - this is not your job unless you are formally employed and paid by them. You're not doing free work for them, and you're certainly not being covered by them from accusations by the disgruntled who find out you read their essay and told the publisher it was all done by chatbot.
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