ChatGPT creator OpenAI announces new tool to detect AI-generated text – Times of India

Artificial intelligence research startup introduced its AI chatbot called ChatGPT in November 2022. Since its release, the popular chatbot has gone viral due to its ‘human-like’ abilities that can process prompts to write essays, articles, poems and more. The chatbot has also been criticised by several educational institutions as teachers fear that ChatGPT will hinder the learning curve of students and will facilitate cheating. To solve this issue, ChatGPT creator has now come up with a new tool named AI classifier, that will help users to identify text generated by artificial intelligence. OpenAI has updated its blog post to announce the latest software that can detect AI-generated text. Here are all the details about the tool that can detect text written on ChatGPT:
What is AI classifier
The AI classifier is a language model that is trained on the dataset of both human-written and AI-written texts on the same topic. This tool aims to distinguish text written by humans from ones written by AI. As per the company. the latest software uses a variety of providers to address issues like — automated misinformation campaigns and academic dishonesty.
AI classifier: Availability and drawbacks
The company has also addressed the competency of the detection tool and has mentioned that the software is very unreliable on texts under 1,000 characters. Moreover, OpenAI also warns that edited texts that are originally AI-written can even trick the classifier.
AI classifier is currently in its public beta mode and the company has mentioned that it will make the tool publicly available to get feedback on the usefulness of such an “imperfect tool”.

AI classifier: Importance
OpenAI has mentioned that it recognises the importance of identifying AI-written text among educators. The company also explains that this tool is also important to understand the “limits and impacts of AI-generated text classifiers in the classroom.”
ChatGPT banned by schools and colleges
The viral chatbot has been banned from several educational institutions which include — US schools, Bengaluru colleges and a top university in France among others. These institutions are concerned that students will use this AI chatbot to cheat or plagiarise.
Third-party detection tools like GPTZero have also been introduced to help educators detect AI-generated text. OpenAI has also confirmed that it is engaging with educators to discuss ChatGPT’s capabilities and limitations. The company has also promised to continue working on the detection of AI-generated text.
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