Originality.ai for Chrome & Google Docs

The Most Accurate AI Detector and Plagiarism Checker — Now in Google Docs and Chrome.

Trusted by Industry Leaders

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Download now and unlock AI detection wherever you write.

Features of Originality.ai for Chrome & Google Docs

Advanced AI Detection and Plagiarism Checking in Chrome

Our patented suite of tools supports writers, editors, marketers, students, and teachers.

Team Management

AI & Plagiarism Scans

Set a default AI detection model; find out which is best for your use case. Plus, run a plagiarism scan at the same time to streamline workflows.

AI Checker API

Multilingual AI Detection

Scan for AI text in 30 languages + auto-select the best non-English model. Publish with confidence for global audiences.

Your Text is Encrypted

Scan Anywhere

Scan for AI text + plagiarism, where you write. Access anywhere: Google Docs, web pages, or in our web app.

Data Not Used in Training

Watch a Writer Write

Watch a replay of writing and editing to see how a Google Doc was created (and detect probable auto-typers).

A Complete QA/QC Solution

View Contributors

Who wrote or edited which section? Now you can clearly see contributors (and their contribution ratios).

One-Click delete Scan History

Web Page Integration

Go beyond Google Docs. Run a full page scan (or selected text) on any Chrome webpage to detect AI or plagiarism.

Team Management

Team Member Access

Get access to Originality.ai for Chrome via your institution or organization.

Sentence Level Highlighting

Shareable Reports

Keep everyone looped in with shareable read-only reports for AI and plagiarism scans.

Our AI Detector is Built For…

Marketers, Writers & Publishers 

Writers, Editors & Marketers

  • Scan blogs and articles written in Google Docs for AI text.
  • Run a full page scan or scan sections of text on any web page in Chrome.
  • Publish with confidence, avoid Google penalties for AI copy.
  • Catch matching text to prevent plagiarism.
  • Share read-only scan reports, to keep everyone on your team on the same page.
  • Review copy for a global audience with multilingual AI detection (30 languages).
Teachers & Students

Students & Teachers

  • Make the Academic Model your default.
  • Playback writing and editing in Google Docs to support students in proving their work is original.
  • Teachers: confidently review essays, assignments, and papers for AI text and plagiarism.
  • Easily navigate to copy-pastes.
  • Stop guessing whether a student or a bot wrote a Google Doc with auto-typing detection.
  • Team project? Clearly see everyone’s contributions.
Teachers & Students

Schools & Enterprise

  • Provide team member access to Originality.ai for Chrome for institutions or organizations.
  • Maintain AI transparency at your school, agency, or enterprise with the most accurate AI detector proven by 3rd-party studies
  • Keep everyone in the loop with shareable read-only reports to streamline report sharing
  • Stay organized, Chrome extension scans are tagged in-app.

In the Press

Most Trusted AI Detector by Industry Leaders

Harvard UniversityThe GuardianThe New York TimesFlippaMotion InvestSurferDotdash meredithGDDiggity MarketingWriteraccessGMAlibaba.comWalmartAT&TAAReutersBusiness InsiderNeil Patel
CNN

Jennifer Korn

How companies are embracing generative AI for employees…or not

Many prominent companies have entirely blocked internal ChatGPT use, including JPMorgan Chase, Northrup Grumman, Apple, Verizon, Spotify and Accenture, according to AI content detector Originality.AI, with several citing privacy and security concerns.

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Politico

Ben Schreckinger

AI vs. public opinion

Originality.ai, a site that provides detection services for AI-generated content and plagiarism, published a convenient tracker that lists the 10 pending lawsuits against OpenAI and ChatGPT.

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The Guardian

Betsy Reed

Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI

Four samples from the books were examined for the Guardian by Originality.ai, a US firm that detects AI content.

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The New York times

Steven Lee Myers & Tiffany Hsu

Another Side of the A.I. Boom: Detecting What A.I. Makes

More than a dozen companies have popped up to offer services aimed at identifying whether photos, text and videos are made by humans or machines.

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Financial Times

Generative AI: hype not hyperintelligence is lifting values

Generative artificial intelligence could produce magic in the sky, says Sam Altman founder of pioneering start-up OpenAI. Successful entrepreneurs are entitled to make visionary statements.

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Axios

Sara Fischer

Major websites are blocking AI crawlers from accessing their content

Nearly 20% of the top 1000 websites in the world are blocking crawler bots that gather web data for AI services, according to new data from Originality.AI, an AI content detector.

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Nature

Andrea Taloni, Vincenzo Scorcia, and Giuseppe Giannaccare

Modern threats in academia: evaluating plagiarism and artificial intelligence detection scores of ChatGPT

Plagiarism and research integrity are sensitive issues in the academic setting, especially after the recent offspring of artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) such as GPT-4.0 [1].

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Digiday

Sara Guaglione

Why publishers are questioning the effectiveness of blocking AI web crawlers

A number of publishers — including Bloomberg and The New York Times — were quick to block OpenAI’s web crawler from accessing their sites, to protect their content from getting scraped and used to feed the artificial intelligence tech company’s large language models (LLMs).

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Originality.ai for Chrome?

Originality.ai for Chrome offers writers, editors, students, teachers, and enterprises peace of mind with the most accurate AI detector and plagiarism checker right within Google Docs. Plus, you can Watch a Writer Write and see playback of how a document was written, character by character. Now, with our web page integration you can also detect AI (and plagiarism) with a full page scan. Then, keep everyone in the loop with a read-only shareable report. Try Originality.ai for Chrome, for free here.

Is Originality.ai for Chrome an accurate AI detector and plagiarism checker?

The Originality.ai Chrome Extension offers the most accurate AI detector and plagiarism checker within Chrome and Google Docs. Read our AI detection accuracy study to learn more. Plus, check out a meta-analysis of independent third-party studies that have found Originality.ai to be the most accurate AI detector. Originality.ai also offers the most accurate plagiarism checker, learn more in our plagiarism detection accuracy study.

How does the Originality.ai Chrome Extension prevent false positives?

In addition to Originality.ai’s low false positive rates, the Originality.ai Chrome extension helps to prevent false positives in AI detection with the ‘Watch a Writer Write’ feature. This shows users the entire writing process character-by-character, so they can see a playback of how a Google Doc was created. Plus, with modern typing detection you can now see whether a human wrote it or an auto-typing tool.

Can you see who created a Google Doc with Originality.ai?

Yes! Originality.ai for Chrome shows who contributed to a Google Doc (and how much they contributed), providing transparency for everyone’s contributions, whether you’re collaborating with other students on a school project or preparing an article with writers and editors in a marketing team. 

Is the Originality.ai Chrome extension free?

Yes, you can use the Originality.ai Chrome Extension for free. To learn more about the premium features you can access within the Chrome Extension, visit our pricing page.

How do you use Originality.ai for Chrome?

Download the Originality.ai Chrome Extension for free from the Chrome Web Store. Then, make sure to login or sign up to Originality.ai, to access Originality.ai’s premium features.

Who should use Originality.ai for Chrome, is it suitable for writers and students?

Originality.ai for Chrome is flexible for a wide range of users including writers, editors, marketers, students, teachers, and marketing agencies or enterprises.

Can the Originality.ai Chrome Extension replay writing in Google Docs?

Yes! With writer replay, you can watch a writer replay of character-by-character Google Doc creation. Plus, streamline review with sped up playback (5X, 15X, or 30X). Then, see stats on characters, word count, pastes, and revisions.

Does Originality.ai for Chrome have typing detection?

Yes, with Originality.ai for Chrome you can detect whether a Google Doc was likely created by an auto-typing tool or naturally written by a human. Easily find out whether text was written by a bot a human writer.

Can Originality.ai detect AI text in multiple languages in Google Docs?

Originality.ai for Chrome includes an industry-leading multilingual AI detection model, which you can use to accurately detect AI text in 30 languages! Plus, it will auto-select the best non-English model.

Can you share your Originality.ai AI detection and plagiarism scan results?

Originality.ai offers a convenient, shareable read-only report that you can use to share AI and plagiarism scan results with teachers, students, writers, and editors.

Can you check AI text or plagiarism on web pages with Originality.ai for Chrome?

Yes! With Originality.ai for Chrome you can scan for AI text or plagiarism anywhere, on web pages as well as within Google Docs. Run a full page scan or select a specific section of text to scan. Alternatively, input custom text into the widget right in Chrome and scan.

Are my scans from the Chrome extension saved in the web app?

After running a Chrome extension scan, you can navigate to the web app to view your scans from the Chrome extension. Scans from Originality.ai for Chrome are tagged, making it easy to find scans and stay organized.