Can Turnitin Detect ChatGPT? (2026 Answer)
Short answer: Yes, Turnitin can detect ChatGPT — but not reliably. Turnitin added AI detection capability in April 2023. It flags text it believes was AI-generated and gives a percentage score. But accuracy is inconsistent, false positives are real, and it behaves very differently from a dedicated AI detector. Here’s everything you need to know. How Turnitin’s AI Detection Works Turnitin’s AI detector analyzes writing for patterns common to large language models — things like: ...