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At present ITS has no intention of acquiring a license to enable Turnitin’s AI Detector. We are also unable to recommend any alternative technological solution. None of the AI detection tools currently available online are accurate enough to provide credible evidence in academic integrity investigations. The risk of misleading results harming students who are acting in good faith is too great. ITS is committed to thorough and transparent vetting of any new tools that emerge in the future. If and when a reliable tool for AI detection becomes available, ITS will present it to the campus and carefully consider it.
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