The ESL False-Positive Crisis in Higher Education
Non-native English speakers tend to write with textbook vocabulary and consistent grammatical patterns taught in language courses. Paradoxically, these exact qualities mimic the low-perplexity outputs of AI language models like ChatGPT.
Defending Your Academic Integrity
Keep your version histories, outline notes, and research bookmarks. If your university uses Turnitin AI detection, understand your appeal rights and how humanization tools can align your phrasing with natural idioms to avoid systemic bias flags.
