Researchers Develop New AI Tool to Detect Machine-Generated Text with Over 90% Accuracy
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Researchers created a new AI detection tool called Binoculars that they claim is over 90% accurate at detecting AI-generated text, with a 99.9% accuracy rate and 0.01% false positive rate.
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Binoculars outperformed other AI detection tools like GPTZero and Ghostbuster when tested on news, creative writing, and student essay datasets.
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Concerns exist about students using AI to write essays and being falsely accused of cheating by faulty detection tools, leading some schools to stop using detectors.
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Binoculars works by comparing the "perplexity" levels of two AI models to determine if text was human or machine-generated.
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Researchers tested Binoculars on Reddit, WikiHow, Wikipedia, academic essays by non-native speakers and claim high accuracy rates in detecting AI text across domains.