An Empirical Study of AI Generated Text Detection Tools
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Abstract (arXiv)
Since ChatGPT has emerged as a major AIGC model, providing high-quality responses across a wide range of applications (including software development and maintenance), it has attracted much interest from many individuals. ChatGPT has great promise, but there are serious problems that might arise from its misuse, especially in the realms of education and public safety. Several AIGC detectors are available, and they have all been tested on genuine text. However, more study is needed to see how effective they are for multi-domain ChatGPT material. This study aims to fill this need by creating a multi-domain dataset for testing the state-of-the-art APIs and tools for detecting artificially generated information used by universities and other research institutions. A large dataset consisting of articles, abstracts, stories, news, and product reviews was created for this study. The second step is to use the newly created dataset to put six tools through their paces. Six different artificial intelligence (AI) text identification systems, including "GPTkit," "GPTZero," "Originality," "Sapling," "Writer," and "Zylalab," have accuracy rates between 55.29 and 97.0%. Although all the tools fared well in the evaluations, originality was particularly effective across the board.
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- 2024Detecting AI-Generated Text: Factors Influencing Detectability with Current Methodscited by 23
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- 2025CodeMirage: A Multi-Lingual Benchmark for Detecting AI-Generated and Paraphrased Source Code from Production-Level LLMscited by 6
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- 2024Quantitative Analysis of AI-Generated Texts in Academic Research: A Study of AI Presence in Arxiv Submissions using AI Detection Toolcited by 3
- 2023Perceptions and Detection of AI Use in Manuscript Preparation for Academic Journalscited by 1
- 2025CodeMirage: A Multi-Lingual Benchmark for Detecting AI-Generated and Paraphrased Source Code from Production-Level LLMs27 May 2025
- 2025Survey on AI-Generated Media Detection: From Non-MLLM to MLLM7 Feb 2025
- 2024Is Your Paper Being Reviewed by an LLM? Investigating AI Text Detectability in Peer Review3 Oct 2024
- 2024Detecting AI-Generated Text: Factors Influencing Detectability with Current Methods21 Jun 2024
- 2024Survey on Plagiarism Detection in Large Language Models: The Impact of ChatGPT and Gemini on Academic Integrity4 Jun 2024
- 2024Enhancing Text Authenticity: A Novel Hybrid Approach for AI-Generated Text Detection1 Jun 2024
- 2024StyloAI: Distinguishing AI-Generated Content with Stylometric Analysis16 May 2024
- 2024Quantitative Analysis of AI-Generated Texts in Academic Research: A Study of AI Presence in Arxiv Submissions using AI Detection Tool9 Feb 2024
- 2023Perceptions and Detection of AI Use in Manuscript Preparation for Academic Journals19 Nov 2023