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To avoid accusations of AI cheating, college students are turning to AI

On college campuses across the United States, college students are using generative-AI humanizers that scan and alter essays to avoid detection, with 43 humanizers drawing 33.9 million visits and 150 tools charging up to $50.
As generative AI spread, professors began running papers through AI detectors, sparking anxiety about cheating and lawsuits from students falsely flagged, especially non-native English speakers.
Some students pre-run and revise their papers to avoid detector flags, with Aldan Creo saying he sometimes 'dumbs down' writing to prevent disputes after a TA accused him of AI use.
Immediate consequences include academic penalties and mounting institutional pushback as faculty report extra uncompensated labor, while students affected by accusations led a University at Buffalo petition with more than 1,500 signatures organized by Kelsey Auman last year.
Detection companies such as Turnitin and GPTZero updated software and launched author-tracking tools, while experts warn the trend shifts toward more student monitoring and calls for regulation.

Insights by Ground AI