Academic Integrity Resource for Students

Recently discussions on the use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) to do academic work have been dominating academia. ChatGPT has particularly made waves on discussions on AI in academic work. Naturally, you would be wondering on whether AI generated work can be detected by Turnitin.

Firstly, from an ethical point of view, any work that you submit which was not your own effort, but someone else's or something's else's effort, including AI, can be considered plagiarism because it is NOT your original work (AI synthesises content from various data sources, from content previously created by other people). If you use the assistance of AI or other entities, from an honesty principle, you must not only acknowledge it, but you also need permission from your lecturer/ supervisor to establish if you can use AI, in which context and to what degree.

Secondly, YES, Turnitin has a feature that flags content that shows patterns of having been created with AI (see below). Therefore you are urged to be honest and use your own effort to complete academic work, and seek your lecturer's guidance and support when struggling.