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In April 2023, [[Cambridge University]] and other members of the [[Russell Group]] of universities in the United Kingdom opted out of Turnitin's AI text detection tool, after expressing concerns it was unreliable.[{{cite news |last1=Staton |first1=Bethan |date=3 April 2023 |title=Universities express doubt over tool to detect AI-powered plagiarism |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d872d65d-dfd0-40b3-8db9-a17fea20c60c |access-date=10 July 2023}}] The [[University of Texas at Austin]] opted out of the system six months later.[{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Tom |title=Some universities are ditching AI detection software amid fears students could be falsely accused of cheating by using ChatGPT |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/universities-ditch-ai-detectors-over-fears-students-falsely-accused-cheating-2023-9 |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}] |
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In April 2023, [[Cambridge University]] and other members of the [[Russell Group]] of universities in the United Kingdom opted out of Turnitin's AI text detection tool, after expressing concerns it was unreliable.[{{cite news |last1=Staton |first1=Bethan |date=3 April 2023 |title=Universities express doubt over tool to detect AI-powered plagiarism |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d872d65d-dfd0-40b3-8db9-a17fea20c60c |access-date=10 July 2023}}] The [[University of Texas at Austin]] opted out of the system six months later.[{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Tom |title=Some universities are ditching AI detection software amid fears students could be falsely accused of cheating by using ChatGPT |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/universities-ditch-ai-detectors-over-fears-students-falsely-accused-cheating-2023-9 |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}] |
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In May 2023, a professor at [[Texas A&M University–Commerce]] used ChatGPT to detect whether his students' content was written by it, which ChatGPT said was the case. As such, he threatened to fail the class despite ChatGPT not being able to detect AI-generated writing.[{{cite news |last1=Verma |first1=Prashnu |title=A professor accused his class of using ChatGPT, putting diplomas in jeopardy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/18/texas-professor-threatened-fail-class-chatgpt-cheating/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=18 May 2023}}] No students were prevented from graduating because of the issue, and all but one student (who admitted to using the software) were exonerated from accusations of having used ChatGPT in their content.[{{cite news |title=College instructor put on blast for accusing students of using ChatGPT |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/chatgpt-texas-college-instructor-backlash-rcna84888 |access-date=10 July 2023 |work=NBC News |date=18 May 2023}}] |
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In May 2023, a professor at [[East Texas A&M University|Texas A&M University–Commerce]] used ChatGPT to detect whether his students' content was written by it, which ChatGPT said was the case. As such, he threatened to fail the class despite ChatGPT not being able to detect AI-generated writing.[{{cite news |last1=Verma |first1=Prashnu |title=A professor accused his class of using ChatGPT, putting diplomas in jeopardy |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/18/texas-professor-threatened-fail-class-chatgpt-cheating/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=18 May 2023}}] No students were prevented from graduating because of the issue, and all but one student (who admitted to using the software) were exonerated from accusations of having used ChatGPT in their content.[{{cite news |title=College instructor put on blast for accusing students of using ChatGPT |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/chatgpt-texas-college-instructor-backlash-rcna84888 |access-date=10 July 2023 |work=NBC News |date=18 May 2023}}] |
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In July 2023, a paper titled "GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers" was released, reporting that GPTs discriminate against non-native English authors. The paper compared seven GPT detectors against essays from both non-native English speakers and essays from United States students. The essays from non-native English speakers had an average false positive rate of 61.3%.[{{cite journal |last1=Liang |first1=Weixin |last2=Yuksekgonul |first2=Mert |last3=Mao |first3=Yining |last4=Wu |first4=Eric |last5=Zou |first5=James |date=14 July 2023 |title=GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers |volume=4 |issue=7 |doi=10.1016/j.patter.2023.100779 |doi-access=free |journal=Patterns |article-number=100779 |pmid=37521038 |pmc=10382961 }}] |
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In July 2023, a paper titled "GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers" was released, reporting that GPTs discriminate against non-native English authors. The paper compared seven GPT detectors against essays from both non-native English speakers and essays from United States students. The essays from non-native English speakers had an average false positive rate of 61.3%.[{{cite journal |last1=Liang |first1=Weixin |last2=Yuksekgonul |first2=Mert |last3=Mao |first3=Yining |last4=Wu |first4=Eric |last5=Zou |first5=James |date=14 July 2023 |title=GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers |volume=4 |issue=7 |doi=10.1016/j.patter.2023.100779 |doi-access=free |journal=Patterns |article-number=100779 |pmid=37521038 |pmc=10382961 }}] |