Software finds students wrote 22+ million papers with AI last year

By Matty Merritt
04/09/2024 – Morning Brew

The hardest worker in academia today is ChatGPT. Over the last year, high school and college students turned in over 22 million papers that used some form of generative AI, according to data from Turnitin, which detects plagiarism and AI in schoolwork.

It’s been about a year and a half since generative AI tools like ChatGPT flooded the internet, and English departments were forced to add “bots” next to “SparkNotes” and “69 jokes” on the long list of things to look out for in personal essays. So, in response, Turnitin and other education companies created AI detection tools for teachers….Read Matty’s full article here in Morning Brew.