College Student Placed on Probation After Anti-Plagiarism Software Flags Grammarly Use
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College junior Marley Stevens was put on academic probation after her paper was flagged for AI use by anti-plagiarism software TurnItIn. She claims she only used Grammarly to proofread.
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Stevens' professor gave her a zero grade, accused her of cheating, and reported her to the academic integrity committee.
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Stevens maintains she used the free Grammarly browser extension only for spelling/grammar checks, not to generate content.
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After a hearing, Stevens was placed on academic probation for "cheating." The school then warned students that tools like Grammarly may get flagged as AI.
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Stevens says other students have also been accused after using Grammarly. She warns students to clarify rules on AI tools with professors.