Students submitted more than 22 million papers last year that were likely written by AI tools, according to new data published by Turnitin, a software service that checks papers for plagiarism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Turnitin says its plagiarism detection tool found millions of papers that may include a significant amount of AI-generated content, according to a report<\/a> by Wired<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last year, the company launched an AI writing detection tool and trained it on a slew of papers written by high school and college students, as well as known AI-generated content. Turnitin says its detector tool now has a false positive rate of less than one percent when examining entire documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turnitin noted that its detector tool has analyzed more than 200 million student-submitted papers and found that 11 percent of them appear to be at least 20 percent made up of AI-generated written language, with three percent of the papers being at least 80 percent written by AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These types of tools like OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT have become a major problem in the world of academia, as students are increasingly using the tool as their go-to source for cheating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Breitbart News reported<\/a>, a study published last year found that 17 percent of students at Stanford University admitted to using ChatGPT on their final exams. Students at an elite academic program at a Florida high school were accused<\/a> of cheating by using ChatGPT to write their essays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By subscribing, you agree to our terms of use<\/a> & privacy policy<\/a>. You will receive email marketing messages from Breitbart News Network to the email you provide. You may unsubscribe at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While educators want to hold students accountable for cheating, accurately detecting the use of AI in writing assignments can be difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notably, AI detection tools can pose a risk of false positives against English language learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n