Incident 572: Alleged False Accusation of AI-Generated Essay by Turnitin
Description: A student was allegedly falsely accused of using AI to generate an essay assignment based on Turnitin's AI detector. The student, who claims to have written the essay by hand, also claims to have received a zero for the assignment. Despite multiple appeals to the professor, department head, and Turnitin support, no resolution seems to have been reached. The student claimed to be considering taking the issue to local news networks if the grade would come to harm their final standing.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Turnitin developed an AI system deployed by Unspecified university, which harmed Anonymous student.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
572
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2023-07-24
Editors
Daniel Atherton
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
linkedin.com · 2023
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We received this heartbreaking email by someone who is falsely being accused of using "AI" to generate an essay and was given ZERO on their assignment. How many people's lives are being ruined like this? This should be unacceptable.
Hello,…
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