In our May 2026 Snap Survey, we asked participants (n=52) to read a passage of text and identify it as either AI-generated or written by humans. The results may surprise you!
There are many invigilation products that promise to detect AI-written work. However, none are 100% reliable and researchers have found that “while AI-output detectors may serve as supplementary tools in peer review or abstract evaluation, they often misclassify texts and require improvement” (Erol et al.