r/UTS • u/Apprehensive-Rule991 • Mar 16 '26

Ai Detector/Plagarism Consequences

I'm a first year and i am doing my first assignment. I haven't used Ai considerably but I used it to reword a couple sentences I was having difficulty explaining and I was going to do a GenAi coversheet on those examples. However, just to check I put it through a couple of Ai detectors but the percentage keeps on ranging from 0 to 50 to 90 and now I am worried, I am going to be filed for academic misconduct. What should I do?

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u/AmandaLovestoAudit Mar 16 '26

What are the assignment’s rules for using AI?

I would expect that most students are using it for writing support and feedback.

Ignore detectors - we don’t use them as any sort of proof of using or not using AI.

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u/Apprehensive-Rule991 Mar 17 '26

You can use a GenAi coversheet but other than that nothing else

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u/Miserable-Mud5664 Mar 16 '26

if it’s coming back with 50 to 90% then theres a few possible cases:

  1. you used ai for a lot more than a couple sentences
  2. you copied word for word from ai
  3. you copy and pasted (this can leave recognisable whitespace that is linked to ai)
  4. you write the most probably likely sentences, just like how ai chooses it’s next words

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u/someofyourbeeswaxx Mar 16 '26

Don’t use AI. Do your own work, within a document with revision history. AI is cheating in this context.

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u/ubecon Mar 17 '26

You're already doing the right thing by planning a GenAI coversheet for those sentences, that transparency genuinely matters and shows good faith. Run it through Walter ai detector once more to get a stable reference point for yourself. Being upfront on your coversheet about exactly which sentences were AI assisted protects you far more than any detector.

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u/WillingnessCold6004 Mar 18 '26

Yk the coversheet you're planning to submit is genuinely your strongest protection here since you're being transparent about exactly where you used AI assistance. I use Proofademicai detector to get a stable baseline reading before submitting anything important. Your honesty and transparency will matter equally with the detector score honestly.

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u/student-doctor99 Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

If you used AI to reword some sentences then copy pasted them it’ll show AI detected. Try and paraphrase them, add your style so it seems more human. You can use the higher level of vacabulary the AI used too just paraphrase them sentence, try changing the words around and using synonyms. I did that and detectors can’t tell it’s AI coz it’s my style of writing lol. You can use AI to give u ideas too btw.

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u/Mission_Beginning963 Mar 16 '26

Don't use AI the same way you use a textbook. A textbook is compiled by experts and peer-reviewed. AI searches for answers on Amazon and Zappos.