Turnitin Adapts to AI

Turnitin has released an “AI writing detection indicator” that now appears in the Similarity Report for student submissions. 

The UCATT D2L Consulting Team is currently testing this feature and is finding some reliability and consistency issues with its accuracy in generating AI-detection values. However, Turnitin has not provided an opt-out option, so any submissions to Turnitin will be screened for AI-generated text. 

This tool is unreliable for detecting AI-generated text and should not be used as definitive proof of misconduct. 

The Turnitin AI-generated detection tool can catalyze to discuss and gather information on how and why students use generative AI tools, e.g., ChatGPT. This information allows assignments and policies to be adjusted for future courses.  

Learn more about Turnitin’s AI writing detection.