What happened? You may have noticed colleagues at other institutions discussing Turnitin’s new AI Writing Detection tool. However, when you access your Turnitin similarity reports in Canvas, you won’t find it. Why?    In the weeks leading up to Turnitin’s release of the new tool, I joined colleagues from other offices to discuss the new tool and its capabilities. As those discussions progressed, concerns arose that led the group to recommend a pause for the rollout of Turnitin’s product. It is important to note that CSU joined other Unizin institutions in asking to join Turnitin’s “suppression list.”    The concerns

The very first question faculty members ask me when they learn about ChatGPT is whether or not there are any tools available that can reveal if a text was created by an AI engine. A week ago, I released this video on GPTZero:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKdrVdS1rQ4   In just one week, this area of the issue has seen significant innovation and change. Not only has GPTZero undergone a notable streamlining and redesign, but OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, released its own.    You can access them here: OpenAI “Text Classifier” (LINK) GPTZero (LINK)   However, these programs have serious limitations and I

While it is unusual for faculty to update a course syllabus mid-semester, the unprecedented impacts of ChatGPT and AI technology have many looking for ways to provide more guidance for their students. In this post, I’d like to share different versions of what syllabi statements on ChatGPT and AI-generated material can look like.   These can take different approaches. I would describe the basic approaches in the following categories: the prohibitive statement, the use-with-permission statement, and the abdication statement. The Prohibitive Statement:  Here is one such example, created by Virginia Chaffee, Senior Instructor in the CSU English Department and University Writing

If you haven’t already, it is now time to have a frank discussion with your students about ChatGPT and AI-assisted writing. Why now?  Users (surely including our students) are signing up for ChatGPT at staggering rates. Consider this graphic provided by Statista.  In addition, two weeks ago, it hit over 100 million users. According to Forbes (LINK), one study claims that ChatGPT is the “fastest growing consumer internet application in history.” Simply put, our students are already going there. In addition, with recent developments that incorporate ChatGPT into Microsoft’s Bing search engine (LINK) AND third-party add-ins that incorporate it into