{"id":13445,"date":"2025-02-19T12:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/?p=13445"},"modified":"2025-11-11T19:16:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:16:42","slug":"can-universities-detect-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/can-universities-detect-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Can universities detect AI?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Is it possible to detect whether students use AI tools, like \u0421hatGPT or Gemini when preparing written assignments?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Leading universities employ special software that guarantees reliable results and prevents cheating. For example, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/ai-detector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TraceGPT<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; AI Content Detector by PlagiarismChecker <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distinguishes sentences written by humans and sentences that match all the signs of AI-generated text.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/how-to-interpret-the-results-of-ai-content-detector-by-plagiarismcheck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Constantly updated algorithms <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">calculate various parameters such as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">text randomness<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, entropy, and other linguistic features. Stylometric analysis of text features (vocabulary, structure, context, etc.) allows educational institutions to determine the verdict and obtain reliable percentage reports quickly:<\/span><i><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human-written<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i>The probability of the whole text being human-written is high: \u226570%. There are just a few potentially AI-written sentences: \u22645%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likely Human-written<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i>The probability of the whole text being human-written is high: \u226570%. There are less than a third of sentences with signs of AI: 5.01-30%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI Content Detected<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i>The probability of the whole text being human-written is high: \u226570%. However, there are over a third of sentences with signs of AI: 30.01-100%. Also, you see this result when &#8220;human probability&#8221; is 30-69%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likely AI-Generated<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i>The probability of the whole text being human-written is less than 30%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can professors detect AI?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s see how fast, accurate, and easy AI detection can be<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the text of the papers is inserted or downloaded into the system, the tool will provide one of the four verdicts and a detailed percentage report in a few moments. Corresponding sentences will be highlighted in different colors (depending on the level of \u200b\u200bdetected signs):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highly likely AI<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Likely AI<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sentences that closely resemble human writing will not be highlighted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The percentage of potentially AI-generated sentences relative to the entire text, as well as other general text parameters of AI-detection models, allows professors to get an accurate percentage result and a high-quality, reliable report.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why AI cheating is a problem?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>AI misuse is unethical and disrespectful towards the educators, violates academic integrity, and breaks university honour code. Besides, it harms the student who cheats, hindering progress and creativity skills development:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23353\" src=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/480464845_1132127591941873_5825497848703521895_n.jpg\" alt=\"Can universities detect AI? \" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/480464845_1132127591941873_5825497848703521895_n.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/480464845_1132127591941873_5825497848703521895_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/480464845_1132127591941873_5825497848703521895_n-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/480464845_1132127591941873_5825497848703521895_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/480464845_1132127591941873_5825497848703521895_n-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do universities detect cheating?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/ai-detector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI detector is integrated into the institution&#8217;s LMS via API<\/span><\/a>; one<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0can also run AI and <a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plagiarism check<\/a> on the PlagiarismCheck.org platform, in Google Docs via add-on, or in the browser with the Google Chrome extension. It is important to note that the <a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/ai-detector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI detector<\/a> can be seamlessly integrated with plagiarism-checking systems, streamlining the process and improving reporting efficiency. In particular, the <a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PlagiarismCheck<\/a> tool combines three solutions to prevent student cheating:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; Similarity (plagiarism, paraphrasing, improperly formatted citation of other people&#8217;s texts)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; Fingerprint (by a deep check of the writing style, it detects texts written by the student themselves and texts written for them by essay mill\/someone else)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/ai-detector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI detector<\/a> (detects % of AI-generated content in student works)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>How to Cite AI in APA papers<\/h2>\n<p>First and foremost, the paper should clearly state that AI technologies have been used in the writing process. Let\u2019s have a look at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apastyle.apa.org\/blog\/how-to-cite-chatgpt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recommendations<\/a>\u00a0on how to do that provided by the Seventh edition of APA Styleguide \u2013 the most recent one.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">One should describe the usage of AI in the Methods section, Introduction, or a comparable section of the work. Moreover, the author should indicate that the facts or conclusions were generated by AI after providing the information in the text.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Conversations with chatbots are not retrievable, and even when given the same prompt, AI usually generates a somehow different response. Hence, it is recommended that the conversation transcript be included as an appendix. One is not obliged to quote the whole chat but the parts meaningful for the paper\u2019s content.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Long quotes from Chat GPT responses can also be placed in the Online Supplement Materials section after the main body of the paper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nonretriavable data like conversations is usually cited in APA under the Personal Communications Citing guidelines. However, Chat GPT and similar tools do not apply to this category, as conversation with a chatbot is considered algorithm output rather than personal communication.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, the algorithm\u2019s author \u2013 in our case, the company developing the AI \u2013 is mentioned in the reference instead of the publication\u2019s author. One also needs to specify the name of the AI model used (for example, Chat GPT) and the date when the version used was launched.<\/p>\n<p><b>The author:\u00a0<\/b>OpenAI, as it is the author of the model.<\/p>\n<p><b>The date:\u00a0<\/b>the year of the version of the model you\u2019ve used.<\/p>\n<p><b>The title:\u00a0<\/b>the model\u2019s name, for example, Chat GPT. One should also provide information about the version of the model in the parentheses according to the method the model\u2019s author uses \u2013 in Chat GPT\u2019s case, it will be the release date.<\/p>\n<p><b>The source:\u00a0<\/b>one doesn\u2019t need to repeat the source\u2019s name when it\u2019s the same as the author, which is, in our example, OpenAI. Here, one should include the link to the page where the reader can access the data resource. Using the most specified URL possible is recommended, so one should attach the link to Chat GPT but not the OpenAI homepage.<\/p>\n<p>The short version of the citation is placed in the text, and the long goes after the main part of the paper.<\/p>\n<h3>How to cite AI in APA in the text<\/h3>\n<p>APA Guidelines recommend using in-text citations immediately after the notion one attributes, before the punctuation mark. In-text attribution should include the author (company name) and the year the used version was released.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>(Company, Year)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The longest word in the English language, according to most dictionaries, is \u201cpneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.\u201d It has 45 letters and refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles (OpenAI, 2022).<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When including the conversation transcript after the paper, one should indicate it in the in-text citation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>(OpenAI, 2022; See Appendix A for the full transcript).<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In the narrative citation, when we refer to the company in the text, one should include only the year in the parenthesis.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>According to Chat GPT from OpenAI, the longest word in the English language \u201chas 45 letters and refers to a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles\u201d (2022).<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>How to cite Chat GPT in APA in the Reference List<\/h3>\n<p>For the reference list in APA, one needs to include detailed information about the source. In the case of AI, it will be the company name, version, year, description, and the resource URL.<\/p>\n<p>The description part is an APA requirement for nonstandard sources. A short explanation in one\u2019s own words is applicable here, but with Chat GPT, one can use the \u201clarge language model\u201d or \u201clarge multimodal model\u201d formula.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Company. (Year). AI Name (version) [Descriptor]. URL<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>OpenAI. (2022). ChatGPT (Nov 30 version) [Large language model]. https:\/\/chat.openai.com\/chat<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>How to fact-check and specify sources<\/h3>\n<p>The AI model generates the responses using all the online content, so the information may not always be accurate. Moreover, the result can be detected as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/blog\/can-you-generate-unique-content-with-an-ai-tool-with-no-plagiarism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plagiarism<\/a>\u00a0and entail accusations of cheating. Here are a few tips and tricks on how to use AI wisely.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check plagiarism<\/a>\u00a0before you submit the paper. The plagiarism detector will highlight the parts that need correction so your writing is polished and original.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The APA Style page recommends asking Chat GPT for the links to the sources after receiving a response to your prompt. This way, you can check the resources for credibility and provide your reader with a more accurate attribution than referring to the AI only.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/plagiarismcheck.org\/ai-detector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI Detector with API<\/a>. This solution will help you confidently use all the advantages of artificial intelligence: efficiently, responsibly, ethically, and without violating integrity.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is it possible to detect whether students use AI tools, like \u0421hatGPT or Gemini when preparing written assignments? Leading universities employ special software that guarantees reliable results and prevents cheating. 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