{
  "id": 1514486,
  "title": "NTU: Current AI detection tools are ‘fundamentally unreliable,’ and AI probability scores can’t be used as evidence of academic misconduct",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/ntu-current-ai-detection-tools-are-fundamentally-unreliable-and-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-17T03:00:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Independent Singapore",
    "slug": "the-independent-singapore",
    "url": "https://theindependent.sg/ntu-current-ai-detection-tools-are-fundamentally-unreliable-and-ai-probability-scores-can-t-be-used-as-evidence-of-academic-misconduct/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nanyang Technological University (NTU) will deactivate its AI detector by the end of 2026 and stop using it in 2027, asserting that artificial intelligence detection tools are too unreliable to determine academic misconduct. NTU faculty members have been informed that the current AI detection tools cannot be used as evidence of academic misconduct. Dr Tan Seng Chee, NTU's associate vice-provost for education transformation, stated that AI probability scores cannot be considered evidence of academic misconduct. The university will encourage faculty to use documented AI disclosures and to assess learning through the work process. This decision follows controversy in 2025 when three students were accused of using generative AI for essay proposals and long essays, despite the classes explicitly stating that ChatGPT and other AI tools were not allowed. NTU later upheld a zero mark for one student who appealed the allegations. The university now recommends process-based assessment and documentation to show a student's learning and work processes. The change in policy comes amid the tension of students having institutional AI tools while the university tries to identify AI use in their work. NTU's enterprise AI suite is already available for students and faculty, highlighting the ongoing issue of how universities should measure and evaluate student learning in the age of AI.",
  "summary": "Nanyang Technological University will stop relying on AI detection scores and shift towards documented evidence of how students complete their work This article ( NTU: Current AI detection tools are ‘fundamentally unreliable,’ and AI probability scores can’t be used as evidence of academic misconduct ) first appeared on The Independent Singapore News .",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}