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University Student Reportedly Received Zero After Turnitin AI Detector Flagged Essay
An anonymized university student said Turnitin’s AI detector flagged 67% of an essay as AI-generated, despite the student claiming to have written the assignment by hand. The student reportedly received a zero and said attempts to appeal to the professor, department head, and Turnitin support had not resolved the accusation.
- Date it happened
- 2023-07-24
- Organisation involved
- Unspecified university
- Product, system or model
- Turnitin, AI text detection systems
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