The use of artificially intelligent chatbots has quickly proliferated over the past year or so. With ChatGPT and other platforms able to converse naturally and create somewhat accurate content with ease, it’s getting harder to detect what’s been written by an actual person and what’s been concocted by AI services. Turnitin has recognized this new frontier of writing and has recently implemented new features to help faculty separate the real from the robot.
Currently, Turnitin reports that their new AI detection tool is 98% accurate in detecting AI-written content. However, AI is constantly learning and improving its results, with some developers hoping for an undetectable AI. While Turnitin strives to maintain its high level of accuracy, false positives, and negatives always have a chance to pop up, and they have provided some suggestions on how to deal with these possibilities.
Even though we are still in the early days of this AI gold rush, it’s reassuring to know one of our most critical plagiarism detection tools is staying at the forefront of what’s happening! If you have any questions about this new feature of Turnitin or any other requestions regarding AI and academic integrity, reach out to your friendly Academic Technology Service Director in your area to start a conversation.
If you want to learn more about ChatGPT and Generative AI, next Wednesday, April 26, 2023, OIT’s Research and Data Science Services team is hosting “How does ChatGPT do that?! Generative AI for the non-expert” over Zoom. The talk is geared toward a basic understanding of how these things work and how to learn more about the inner technical workings of the AI models.
Also, if you are interested in joining a growing faculty discussion and information forum specifically focused on the topic of generative AI, please don’t hesitate to express your interest by emailing facultysuccess@smu.edu, and we’ll add you to this group. Our good colleagues at the Center for Teaching Excellence have also published the resource page Generative AI and Chat GPT to further assist with this topic..
