Turnitin

Turnitin is a leading provider of academic integrity solutions globally. The company's core product is a web-based plagiarism detection software used primarily in academic settings to promote originality and integrity in students' work. Turnitin's software compares submitted papers against a vast database of internet content, academic articles, books, and previously submitted student papers to identify similarities that might indicate instances of potential plagiarism. After checking a document, Turnitin generates an originality report indicating the percentage of the submitted work that matches content from its database.

In addition to plagiarism detection, Turnitin offers tools for instructors to provide detailed feedback and grading on student assignments. Features like GradeMark allow educators to add in-text comments and use rubric scorecards to standardize grading. In April 2023, Turnitin launched AI writing detection capabilities integrated into its existing systems. This technology aims to identify the use of AI writing tools like ChatGPT in student submissions with 98% confidence. Turnitin's AI detector provides an evaluative measure of how many sentences in a written submission may have been generated by artificial intelligence.

Turnitin processes over 200,000 papers daily through its software, servers and databases. The company's plagiarism detection technology is designed to be highly reliable in distinguishing between AI- and human-written text, specializing in student writing. As of May 2023, Turnitin reported that 38.5 million submissions had been examined by their AI detection tool.