Stevens has warned other students about the potential for being wrongly accused of cheating by anti-AI software. She maintains that she used Grammarly for spelling and punctuation corrections, not content creation or editing. Despite her explanations and pleas to redo the paper, she was accused of cheating and put on academic probation. Grammarly has stated that its suggestions are not powered by generative AI and some tools may mistakenly flag its use as AI-generated content.
Key takeaways:
- Marley Stevens, a college junior at the University of North Georgia, was put on academic probation after anti-plagiarism software accused her of using AI to write a paper, which she denies.
- Stevens used Grammarly, a web browser attachment that corrects spelling and punctuation, to proofread her paper, but the software flagged it as AI-generated content.
- As a result of the incident, Stevens lost a scholarship and was put on academic probation after a disciplinary hearing.
- Stevens is now warning other college students about the potential risks of being wrongly accused of cheating by anti-AI software.