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AI & Academic Integrity

Why AI Detectors Don’t Work

Academic Studies on AI Detector Efficacy

Chaka, C. (2024). Reviewing the performance of AI detection tools in differentiating between AI-generated and human-written texts: A literature and integrative hybrid review. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.37074/jalt.2024.7.1.14

Elkhatat, A. M., Elsaid, K., & Almeer, S. (2023). Evaluating the efficacy of AI content detection tools in differentiating between human and AI-generated text. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 19(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00140-5

Liang, W., Yuksekgonul, M., Mao, Y., Wu, E., & Zou, J. (2023). GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers. Patterns, 4(7), 100779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2023.100779

Odri, G.-A., & Ji Yun Yoon, D. (2023). Detecting generative artificial intelligence in scientific articles: Evasion techniques and implications for scientific integrity. Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research, 109(8), 103706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otsr.2023.103706

Otterbacher, J. (2023). Why technical solutions for detecting AI-generated content in research and education are insufficient. Patterns, 4(7), 100796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2023.100796

Rashidi, H. H., Fennell, B. D., Albahra, S., Hu, B., & Gorbett, T. (2023). The ChatGPT conundrum: Human-generated scientific manuscripts misidentified as AI creations by AI text detection tool. Journal of Pathology Informatics, 14, 100342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpi.2023.100342

Weber-Wulff, D., Anohina-Naumeca, A., Bjelobaba, S., Foltýnek, T., Guerrero-Dib, J., Popoola, O., Šigut, P., & Waddington, L. (2023). Testing of detection tools for AI-generated text. International Journal for Educational Integrity, 19(1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40979-023-00146-z

From AI Detection Providers

Chechitelli, A. (2023a). AI writing detection update from Turnitin’s Chief Product Officer. Turnitin. https://www.turnitin.com/blog/ai-writing-detection-update-from-turnitins-chief-product-officer

Chechitelli, A. (2023b). Understanding false positives within our AI writing detection capabilities. Turnitin. https://turnitin.com/blog/understanding-false-positives-within-our-ai-writing-detection-capabilities

New AI classifier for indicating AI-written text. (2023). OpenAI. https://openai.com/index/new-ai-classifier-for-indicating-ai-written-text/

AI Writing Check is no longer available. (2024). Quill.org and CommonLit. https://aiwritingcheck.org/

Universities are banning AI detectors

Coley, M. (2023). Guidance on AI Detection and Why We’re Disabling Turnitin’s AI Detector. Vanderbilt University. https://www.vanderbilt.edu/brightspace/2023/08/16/guidance-on-ai-detection-and-why-were-disabling-turnitins-ai-detector/

Schools that Banned AI Detectors. (2024). Parents for Leveraging Ethical AI Standards in Education (PLEASE). https://www.pleasedu.org/resources/schools-that-banned-ai-detectors

Stories & Student experiences

Apodaca, T. (2024). How AI Detection Software Turns Professors into Cops, Tech as Systems of World-Making, and More. The Markup. https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2024/09/21/maywa-montenegro-agroecology-pegagogy-ai

Fowler, G. (2023). What to do when you’re accused of AI cheating. The Washington Post. https://washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/08/14/prove-false-positive-ai-detection-turnitin-gptzero

Mathewson, T. G. (2023). AI Detection Tools Falsely Accuse International Students of Cheating. The Markup. https://themarkup.org/machine-learning/2023/08/14/ai-detection-tools-falsely-accuse-international-students-of-cheating

What should I do instead?

Bjelobaba, S. (2020). Academic Integrity Teacher Training: Preventative pedagogical practices on the course level. Integrity in Education for Future Happiness, 9–1. https://doi.org/10.11118/978-80-7509-772-9-0009

Sotiriadou, P., Logan, D., Daly, A., & Guest, R. (2020). The role of authentic assessment to preserve academic integrity and promote skill development and employability. Studies in Higher Education, 45(11), 2132–2148. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1582015

AI Detectors Don’t Work. Here’s What to Do Instead. (n.d.). MIT Sloan School of Business. https://mitsloanedtech.mit.edu/ai/teach/ai-detectors-dont-work/

Course Policies

Eaton, L. (2024). AI Syllabi Policies – A Look at the Collection. AI + Education = Simplified. https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/ai-syllabi-policies-a-look-at-the

Montenegro, M. (n.d.). AI Policy: A critically engaged approach. https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1t4Qjpu5aqjh0TyQfTm8I_-UfrV4vWnBF4ENwyud3aGQ/pub

Rasky, E. (2024). Generative AI Policy in Higher Education: A Preliminary Survey. Center for International Governance Innovation. https://www.cigionline.org/static/documents/DPH-paper-Rasky_0Pw3nS7.pdf

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