Turnitin Discontinuing Unicheck

[dwillmore]

So, Turnitin has purchased a competitor to remove it from the field once again.  Unicheck will be discontinued.   Are there any other Unicheck users out there?  What are your plans moving forward?  Are there new plagiarism checkers out there?   Is anybody doing a good job at recognizing AI created papers?

[Copyleaks]

Hi there,

Quick commercial, but you may want to give Copyleaks a look.  We've been detecting AI content for several months with 99% accuracy, and our plagiarism detection casts the net far wider than Turnitin. For example, you can detect paraphrasing, image-based plagiarism, code-based plagiarism, and more. 

Happy to help!

[dwillmore]

Does CopyLeaks work with Speedgrader and Canvas Rubrics now?

[Copyleaks]

Yes, we absolutely work with Speedgrader!

Regarding Rubrics, we work with the build-in assignment of Canvas which works with Rubrics. Hope this helps!

[patfm]

Does Copyleaks allow an instructor to have control to 'turn on' AI detection only when they want it while continuing to use the plagiarism detection?  That seems to be a major criticism of Turnitin -- that they are forcing AI detection on all users.  

[Copyleaks]

We believe in empowering our users to customize their detection to best suit their needs.  This includes the ability to search across different languages and sources of their choice, and opting whether or not to include AI content detection.

[chriscas]

Hi @Copyleaks,

Can an institution choose to turn off AI content detection entirely, or is that choice always left up to the teacher?  I ask because as an institution, we do not want AI detection at this time (for many well thought out reasons).  The recent Turnitin AI detection kerfuffle has us looking for potential alternate plagiarism detection providers.

-Chris

[Copyleaks]

Yes, absolutely ----our AI content detection can be fully managed at either the institution level or by the individual instructor.  We'd welcome you, @chriscas! 

[PlagiarismCheck]

👋🏼Hello from PlagiarismCheck.org!

We are happy to support Academic Integrity with a lightning-fast integration with Canvas and comprehensive originality checks. Regarding the questions:

- yes, we support Speedgrader

- we will add Canvas Rubrics soon

- our settings are flexible, so AI will be available to turn on/off.

With all the above, check our brand-new similarity report 😉

Oh, hey @Copyleaks! Not so many of us left on the market... 

[DaGIFT222]

What are the statistics on plagiarism checking knowing when any assignment or paper has been created with AI?

GIFT

[Copyleaks]

@DaGIFT222Great question!  We're releasing a year long analysis in the next week or so detailing the trends around plagiarism and AI usage and adoption across schools worldwide.  Stay tuned-

[DaGIFT222]

thanks @Copyleaks 

[p_harrison1]

That isn't really answering the question as I read it though. It wasn't trends around how many people are using it etc but "knowing when any assignment or paper has been created with AI?"

I would be more interested in accuracy, reliability, reproducibility, false negative rates, false positive rates, transparency so that any 'detection' is explainable and actionable.

Hopefully you will be addressing those things because AI closed boxes making suggestions about if AI has been used are not overly helpful for academic integrity use. 

[Copyleaks]

Hi @p_harrison1Appreciate it, and we agree that full transparency is critical:  Our FAQs detail detection capabilities, limitations, accuracy, how to understand the results, etc.  If you feel anything is missing or if we can do a better job please let us know as we strive to continually improve.   

[suzanne_r_david]

Hi @Copyleaks ,

I appreciate you engaging in this discussion. I read through the limitations in that web page, and it was interesting. What I want to know, which has been most difficult to find, is not just the false positive rate overall, but the differential false positive rate for specific populations that have been shown to have higher rates, such as English Language Learners and some neurodivergent populations who may have more idiosyncratic writing styles. Has your company done any analysis on that?

It's not sufficient, for example, to know that there is an overall .2% rate, if there are populations that have significantly higher rates. If you're already a marginalized student, and you continually get incorrectly flagged (and punished) for AI use, it can be the "last straw".

NOTE: The captcha is getting ridiculous. It went through about 25 challenges and then failed verification. The accessiblity on this is ridiculous. I have both visual and auditory disabilities, and making me go through this many hoops is pretty much discouraging me from participation in this community.

[Copyleaks]

Hi @suzanne_r_david  Great questions, and thanks for sharing.

We actually don't use perplexity in our detection models and methodology;  numerous studies have found that it tends to falsely flag non-native English speakers (this is perhaps the most widely cited study), and there are also a number of more sophisticated means to determine what's been written by a human vs AI.  Also, while we can't comment on the training data used by other detection platforms, we do include non-native English speakers to ensure a richer, more comprehensive training set that represents as wide of an array of people and writing styles as possible.

Regarding the captcha, are you referring to the one used here on the Community, or the one we have on our platform (see below)? Thanks!

[DaGIFT222]

@Copyleaks this is one thing I can't stand, the verifying if you're a robot or not. Even on here with canvas the verification picture boxes can get a little ridiculous when it comes to proving yourself. I went through like twenty puzzles one time, and I know I was clicking every thing I was supposed to. lets make it easier to prove ourselves please!

GIFT

[Copyleaks]

20!  😳

We hear you @DaGIFT222 but unfortunately captchas are a necessary evil to prevent spam and attacks.  Some are much easier to decipher than others, and of course accessibility is super important, but I'll certainly share this feedback with our team.