We’ve had a few member institutions contact us to ask for updated advice on AI detection software. This includes asking about recommendations for alternatives to Turnitin, so we thought it would be useful to produce some updated information. First, the information in our previous blog post ‘AI writing detectors – concepts and considerations’ still holds, […]
Author: Michael Webb
Introduction We’ve just finished our extended chatbot pilots, started in 2022, in collaboration with Bolton College. A lot has changed in the world of chatbots since we started, particularly with the release of ChatGPT. We think a lot more is going to change over the next year as well. The chatbot pilots were well received, […]
Publishing an intro to generative AI is a challenge as things are moving so quickly. However, we think things have now settled down enough for us to bring together information in a single place, to create a short primer. We aim to publish this as a more formal guide that will be updated regularly, but […]
There has been much discussion of the role of AI writing detectors. The issue has become more urgent for us with Turnitin announcing the imminent release of an AI detector. At the moment we’ve very little information about the Turnitin offering, other than the detail in the press release, where it claims 97% accuracy […]
So you’ve heard about ChatGPT and want to explore it but don’t know where to start? This is the fourth in a short series of blog posts giving some pointers on how to start. If you’ve not done so already, we’d recommend reading the first blog before you get started, where we cover some of […]
So you’ve heard about ChatGPT and want to explore it but don’t know where to start? This is the third in a short series of blog posts giving some pointers on how to get going. If you’ve not done so already, we’d recommend reading the first blog before you get started, where we cover some […]
So you’ve heard about ChatGPT and want to explore it but don’t know where to start? This is the second in a short series of blog posts giving some pointers on how to get going. If you’ve not done so already, we’d recommend reading the first blog before you get started, where we cover some […]
So you’ve heard about ChatGPT and want to explore it but don’t know where to start? This is the first in a short series of blog posts giving some pointers on how to get going. In this series we’ll look at potential timesaving examples around creating lesson/course plans, quizzes and getting feedback on your writing. […]
We are seeing the first guidance to students on the use of ChatGPT and AI tools in assessment starting to emerge. Getting terminology correct on this is a little challenging, so we are going to explore this. Much of the guidance is, for the time being at least, telling students not to use AI in […]
In our webinar before Christmas, we suggested that “A war between AI plagiarism detection software and generative AI won’t help anyone“ We want to share a quick example that shows why this might be the case. For this experiment, we are using GPTZeroX, which has recently been updated. Our aim isn’t to call out a […]