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Turnitin's ChatGPT-Detection Tool Falsely Flagged Student Essays as AI-Generated

Turnitin's tool to detect writing generated by ChatGPT was reported for incorrectly flagging high school students' original essays as AI-generated, accusations of which are argued as reinforcement of bias from teachers due to the inability to compare against source documents.

Severity: MediumTurnitinAi Enabled Decision Support SystemsLack of capability or robustness

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