Detection tools available or in development that purport to determine whether a work was generated by a human or AI, such as GPTZero or OpenAI Detector, should be utilized conscientiously, as detectors are prone to false positives as well as negatives if content generated is significantly altered by a human before submission. The college does not recommend you rely solely on detectors to claim instances of academic misconduct as they are unreliable. **Many of the available detection tools are not free and can be quite expensive**
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a 2023 interview that "there may be ways we can help teachers be a little more likely to detect output of a GPT-like system. But honestly, a determined person will get around them." OpenAI is experimenting with watermarking technology to indicate when content has been AI generated (see video below) but cautioned folks against depending on these tools to detect AI outputs.