If you are a classroom teacher, you probably have some concerns about students using AI on your assignments.

Cheating on writing assignments has never been easier and teachers are, understandably, looking for ways to detect and hold students accountable for their academic work.

There are dozens of so called ” AI detectors” that claim to be able to identify the use of tools like Chat GPT and Google Gemini on writing assignments. Nearly all of these tools claim to be “the best,” or “most accurate” AI detectors on the internet.

Rather than just take their word for it, I decided to put these cheating detectors to the test.

I have five sample student essays.

• One essay is written by a human 8th grader.
• Four essays were written by AI.

Can the AI detectors tell the difference?

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Test out your favorite AI detector

Want to perform your own test? Download my five sample essays and test out your favorite AI detector.