OpenAI Admits AI Text Detectors Don’t Really Work
Scholars and lawmakers alike have cited the urgent need for detection systems to identify AI-generated text. The only problem is those defenses aren’t really effective even when deployed. OpenAI, the firm responsible for ChatGPT, admitted as much in a recent blog post.
“Do AI detectors work?” the company rhetorically asked. “In short, no, not in our experience. Our research into detectors didn’t show them to be reliable enough given that educators could be making judgments about students with potentially lasting consequences.”
Still, that hasn’t stopped other ambitious startups from claiming they can do just that.
