PROVIDER of academic integrity solutions, Turnitinactivating his artificial intelligence abilities (artificial intelligence or AI) in identifying the use of AI-based authoring devices (including ChatGPT).
With a confidence level of 98%, it allows teachers to analyze and review the authenticity of an academic work.
Turnitin started working on detection capabilities for GPT3, the technology underlying many AI-based authoring applications, about two years before ChatGPT was released.
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Developed to help educators and academic institutions identify the presence of AI-generated text in student writing, Turnitin’s ability to detect AI writing is integrated into the system Turnitin which can be accessed through the learning management system.
Teaching staff do not need additional steps
Educators already using Turnitin do not require additional steps to activate it. More than 10,700 educational institutions and more than 2.1 million educators will be able to quickly and easily evaluate the presence of AI-generated text.
The Turnitin AI detector provides an evaluative measure of how many sentences in a submitted piece of writing could have been generated by artificial intelligence, which teachers can use to determine whether further review, investigation, or discussion with students is required.
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Turnitin’s AI write detection capabilities are available in existing products and solutions, incl Turnitin Feedback Studio (TFS), TFS with Originality, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, Simcheck, Originality Check, and Originality Check+.
“Teachers tell us that being able to accurately detect AI-generated written text is their first priority right now. They must be able to detect AI with very high certainty to assess the authenticity of students’ work and determine the best way of handling it,” said Turnitin CEO, Chris Caren, in a press statement, Monday (10/4).
“Equally important to them is that detection technology becomes part of their existing workflow, which we have followed up by integrating AI detection capabilities into the Turnitin solution.”
How Useful AI Devices Are
According to James Thorley, Turnitin Regional Vice President Asia Pacific, academics, faculty and university administrators in Southeast Asia are keenly aware of the potential impact of AI tools like ChatGPT in the region.
“Educators in Indonesia are aware that AI tools can impact the quality of student work and the learning experience. However, while the community perceives that AI tools can also be a force for good, high reliance on technology can hinder critical thinking and academic integrity which are core values for community development,” explains Thorley.
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To help the education community navigate and manage this new technology in the classroom, Turnitin has published an AI authoring resource page.
The publicly available web page is regularly updated with practical resources from the company’s Teaching and Learning Team, which consists of current and former educators.
Current resources include a glossary of AI terms, a guide to updating academic integrity policies in the AI era, and a downloadable AI abuse rubric to help educators proactively anticipate potential uses of AI in a given writing assignment.
This page also reports on progress in improving detection capabilities as AI authoring technologies continue to evolve.
For 25 years, Turnitin has been a trusted partner with educators, providing feedback on student writing and helping to uphold standards of academic integrity for more than 16,000 educational institutions in 140 countries around the world. (RO/S-4)