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OAKLAND, Calif., April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Turnitin Turns On AI Writing Detection Capabilities for Educators and

Institutions

-- New capabilities in the existing Turnitin workflow give educators highly

accurate insights into the presence of AI-generated text for more than 50

million students

Today, Turnitin - a leading provider of academic integrity solutions globally -

will activate its AI writing detection capabilities. The technology identifies

the use of AI writing tools including ChatGPT, with 98 percent confidence,

enabling educators to analyze and review the authenticity of academic work.

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Turnitin began working on detection capabilities for GPT3, the underlying

technology on which many AI writing applications are based, nearly two years

prior to the release of ChatGPT. Built to help educators and academic

institutions identify AI-generated text in student-written submissions,

Turnitin's AI writing detection capabilities are integrated into existing

Turnitin systems and accessible through learning management systems, and does

not require additional steps for current Turnitin educator users to access.

Over 10,700 institutions and more than 2.1 million educators will be able to

quickly and easily evaluate a submission for the presence of AI-generated text

and provide feedback to students in their current Turnitin workflows.

Turnitin's AI detector provides an evaluative measure of how many sentences in

a written submission may have been generated by artificial intelligence, which

educators can use to determine if further review, inquiry or discussion with

the student is needed. Turnitin's AI writing detection capabilities are

available within existing products and solutions, including: Turnitin Feedback

Studio (TFS), TFS with Originality, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity,

Simcheck, Originality Check and Originality Check+.

Please note that for this release, the AI detection capability will only work

for content submitted in English. It will not process any non-English

submissions at this time.

"Educators told us that being able to accurately detect AI written text is

their first priority right now. They need to be able to detect AI with very

high certainty to assess the authenticity of a student's work and determine how

to best engage with them," said Turnitin CEO, Chris Caren. "It is equally

important that detection technology becomes a seamless part of their existing

workflow, which we have done by integrating AI detection capabilities into

Turnitin solutions."

"Turnitin's technology has high accuracy and low false positive rates when

detecting AI-generated text in student writing. To maintain a less than one

percent false positive rate, we only flag something when we are 98 percent sure

it is written by AI based on data that was collected and verified in our

controlled lab environment," said Turnitin Chief Product Officer, Annie

Chechitelli. "What we are providing for educators now has been in development

for years. In the coming months, we will continue to refine and adapt our

detection capabilities, using field data to increase accuracy."

To help the education community navigate and manage this new technology in the

classroom, Turnitin has published an AI writing resource page (

https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=3828497-1&h=1546690034&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.turnitin.com%2Fsolutions%2Fai-writing&a=AI+writing+resource+page

). The publicly available web page is regularly updated with practical

resources from the company's Teaching and Learning team, which consists of

former and current educators. Current resources include a glossary of AI terms,

a guide on updating an academic integrity policy in the age of AI and a

downloadable AI misuse rubric to help educators proactively prepare writing

assignments from potential AI-generated text. The page also reports progress in

refining detection capabilities as AI writing technology continues to evolve.

For 25 years, Turnitin has been a trusted partner of educators, giving insights

into student writing, and helping to uphold the standards of academic integrity

for more than 16,000 institutions in 140 countries worldwide.

Press contact: press@turnitin.com

About Turnitin

Turnitin is a global company dedicated to ensuring the integrity of education

and meaningfully improving learning outcomes. For 25 years, Turnitin has

partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and

fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Turnitin products are

used by educational institutions and certification and licensing programs to

uphold integrity and increase learning performance, and by students and

professionals to do their best, original work.

Turnitin has offices in Australia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea,

Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Sweden, Ukraine, the United Kingdom,

and the United States. Over 16,000 academic institutions, publishers, and

corporations use Turnitin services: Gradescope by Turnitin, iThenticate,

Turnitin Feedback Studio, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, ExamSoft,

ProctorExam, and Ouriginal.

SOURCE: Turnitin