It was found that 11% of student reports were suspected of using AI, and 3% of the reports had more than 80% of the text written by AI.



Turnitin, which develops tools to detect plagiarism in papers, has been offering

an AI writing detection feature that detects text using generative AI such as ChatGPT since April 2023. One year after the release of this AI writing detection feature, Turnitin has reported the results of its investigation of over 200 million student-submitted papers that have been reviewed to date.

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According to Turnitin, since the release of its AI writing detection feature in April 2023, more than 200 million papers submitted by students have been examined.



As a result of the investigation, it was determined that in about 22 million reports, equivalent to about 11% of the total, at least 20% of the text was likely generated by AI. In addition, the total number of reports in which 80% or more of the text was likely generated by AI reached 6 million, equivalent to about 3% of the total.



This result may seem shocking, but in fact, the percentage of reports using generative AI was almost the same in Turnitin's

report as of June 2023. In other words, although report writing using generative AI has always existed, the percentage has not increased significantly due to recent improvements in the performance of generative AI.

In addition, a survey (PDF file) conducted by research firm Tyton Partners found that nearly half of the students interviewed use generative AI such as ChatGPT at least once a month, and 75% of students said they would continue to use AI even if their educational institution banned it.

'We're at a crossroads in education where technology is transforming learning, and the need for academic integrity has never been greater,' said Annie Ceccitelli, chief product officer at Turnitin. 'Educators across the board are looking for resources that enable them to perform at their best, and technology like our AI writing detection helps advance learning without sacrificing academic integrity.'



Pirita Clark, a reporter for the financial newspaper Financial Times, reports that a British scholar she met at a conference told her that the number of students using AI tools to write papers is greater than people believe. The academic institution to which the scholar belongs is rife with cheating using AI, with many students losing their class status or being expelled due to academic misconduct. 'I've heard similar stories at other universities,' the scholar said.

One of the reasons why university instructors suspect report fraud is that the report contains terms and data sources that were not mentioned in the lecture. Students who use AI to write reports can easily see that they have been written using AI because they cannot answer questions about why they found these terms and data sources. However, since universities cover much of their operating expenses through tuition fees paid by students, it is difficult to take action if the person committing the fraud is an international student who pays high tuition fees.

The problem with some students using AI to write their reports is not just that it is unfair to students who have written their reports diligently. If graduates who are employed by the medical service or military as 'experts' based on the academic evaluation of their university majors actually rely on AI to complete their assignments and lack specialized knowledge, there is a risk that this will cause significant disadvantages to organizations and customers.

While acknowledging that AI can be useful in academic research and brainstorming, Clarke expressed concern that a significant number of students are using AI in ways that are potentially dangerous to employers and society. 'As the academics I spoke to say, the purpose of going to university is to learn 'how to learn.' These institutions teach you not just to memorize facts and figures, but to think for yourself and evaluate evidence. Anyone who outsources their thinking to a machine ends up hurting themselves,' he said.

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