AI detectors are creating a new era of distrust
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- How it started Long before ChatGPT became a thing, educators and editors frequently used anti-plagiarism tools to see if writers were being honest about their work.
- These tools work by comparing a written work against a database filled with content from across the web, scholarly articles, and more to check for matching sentences and phrases.
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How it started
Long before ChatGPT became a thing, educators and editors frequently used anti-plagiarism tools to see if writers were being honest about their work. These tools work by comparing a written work against a database filled with content from across the web, scholarly articles, and more to check for matching sentences and phrases. Some, like Turnitin, offer a percentage th …
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