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How to use AI detection responsibly
With AI prevalent in various aspects of our lives, from social media algorithms to plagiarism detection software, it's important to approach its usage responsibly. First and foremost, it's essential to acknowledge that AI detection is probabilistic, not absolute. Unlike traditional deterministic methods, AI detection relies on statistical models to make predictions. For instance, in plagiarism detection, AI algorithms can't provide a definitive "yes" or "no" answer but rather assign a probabil

NYT sued OpenAI for copyright infringement, GPTZero develops tool to detect matches in AI training data
On December 27 2023, The Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft claiming the two companies used its articles to train AI technologies like ChatGPT. NYT claimed that millions of their articles were used to train chatbots, resulting in ChatGPT prompts regurgitating NYT articles word for word. "There is nothing 'transformative' about using The Times's content without payment to create products that substitute for The Times and steal audiences away from it," the Times said and “it’s not fair by any measur

New York Times Investigates Fake AI Biographies on Amazon with GPTZero
“[There’s a] new publishing subgenre: hasty, shoddy, A.I.-generated biographies of people who have just died,” Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times Journalist said. Upon the death of Joseph Lelyveld this year, former executive editor of the New York Times, his brother was shocked to find, “at least half a dozen biographies were published on Amazon in the days immediately following Lelyveld’s death. Several of them were available for purchase on the same day he died.” The twist - they falsely de

Understanding AI Detection Results with Deep Analysis
The GPTZero team is committed to machine learning interpretability as a core aspect of our mission of preserving human value. In a significant step towards this goal, we released our Deep Analysis feature this week for premium users (shown in Figure 1). Users are able to activate this feature by enabling the Deep Analysis switch on the dashboard when scanning a document. This view provides a novel perspective into how our models reason about a given document to determine whether or not it was

How Teachers and Students Can Prevent AI Cheating and Save the College Essay
This essay is a part of a GPTZero Series of where we are giving a voice to writers around the world. Please feel free to reach out to GPTZero if you are interested in sharing your opinions on writing and voice on our platform, please email [email protected] My name is Kellie and I am a professional writer and editor that has helped hundreds of students compose compelling essays over the past decade. With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) programs like ChatGPT, many are saying that the col