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