The fight to combat students using artificial intelligence (AI) to cheat at Greater Manchester’s universities has become ‘divisive’, as new software is introduced to curb the practice.
Currently, most universities tell students to use software developed by Turnitin to submit essays — as it has anti-plagiarism software built-in. On Tuesday (April 4), Turnitin announced a new feature called ‘AI writing detection capabilities’ (AIWDC).
The feature is designed to ‘identify the use of AI writing tools including ChatGPT’, and claims it can do so ‘with 98 percent confidence’, therefore allowing ‘educators to analyse and review the authenticity of academic work’.
