One in 10 essays checked by Turnitin’s new detection software has been found to contain substantial amounts of writing likely to have been generated by artificial intelligence.
The firm has released figures from the first three months of the detector’s operation, during which time it was used on more than 65 million papers.
Of these, 2.1 million – 3.3 per cent – were flagged as having at least 80 per cent AI writing present. Nearly 6.7 million – 10.3 per cent – had more than 20 per cent AI writing present.
Turnitin said the findings showed that “generative AI has made its way into classrooms, however, whether this is acceptable or not is determined by educators themselves”.
