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QuillBot AI Content Detector and Paraphrase Plagiarism Review
Can QuillBot's AI Detector identify AI content? We tested the QuillBot AI Detector with three AI-generated content samples to find out — these are our results!
We're back with another AI content detector review, this time focusing on one of the most popular options in the market, QuillBot.
To review this AI detection tool, we’ll put it to the test across three different forms of AI content including text from ChatGPT to see whether it's an accurate AI checker to rely on or one to be wary of.
Here, we’ll discuss the following:
QuillBot is an artificial intelligence paraphrasing tool, that also offers its own built-in AI content detection software.
QuillBot offers several tools, which include a paraphraser, grammar checker, plagiarism detector, summarizer tool, and citation generator. In this article, we’ll specifically focus on QuillBot’s AI detector.
Given the continued increase in AI content creation and the need for transparency and clarity surrounding AI-generated text, academics, business owners, and freelancers are searching for accurate AI content detectors. As a result, QuillBot's AI detector is capturing a lot of interest.
QuillBot’s AI detector claims to detect AI content from a variety of AI writing tools or AI Chat such as “ChatGPT, GPT-4, and Google Gemini.”
Yes, using QuillBot can be considered plagiarism if you do not properly attribute the original source. While QuillBot is a useful tool for paraphrasing content, it is essential to remember that the ideas and information in the rephrased text still belong to the original author.
The most common way to bypass plagiarism detection that has existed for years is to take the original work, run it through a paraphrasing tool like Quillbot, and then it will pass plagiarism checkers like TurnItIn or Copyscape.
Here is how students and writers typically bypass plagiarism checkers using Paraphrasing software.
This is no longer possible with Originality.ai’s AI Detector, which correctly identifies paraphrased content as AI-generated.
Yes, Originality.ai’s accurate AI Detector is able to identify if AI writing has been paraphrased by a tool like Quillbot with 96% accuracy, as shown in the 3rd party study RAID.
Students or Writers looking to cheat and make their writing undetectable AI often use a paraphraser.
However, this does not work on Originality as confirmed by the most thorough study looking at AI Detector Efficay (RAID).
See a summary of 3rd party AI detector efficacy studies here: https://originality.ai/blog/ai-detection-studies-round-up
To determine whether QuillBot's AI detector was reliable, we put the tool to the test using three distinct forms of AI content to determine its capabilities and compare it against our AI content detector.
Step 1: For the test, we opted to use three of the most common forms of AI content: blog posts, case studies, and promotional emails.
Step 2: We created detailed and concise prompts for each of these outputs and placed them into ChatGPT, as it’s widely regarded as the most popular AI content detection software.
Step 3: We then took the generated content and copied it directly into QuillBot and Originality.ai to see if the tools could identify the content as AI-generated.
Prompt: "Write a blog post on using hair gel effectively for beginners. Cover the benefits of hair gel for styling and hold, how to choose the right gel for your hair type and style, and how to prepare your hair (washing and drying) before applying gel. Include a step-by-step application guide and styling techniques, tips for maintaining your hairstyle and avoiding flaking, and advice on proper gel removal for healthy hair. Troubleshoot issues like build-up and flaking.
The tone should be informative, encouraging, and friendly. Include keywords like hair gel for beginners, styling tips, and hair care. Encourage readers to subscribe for more tips, follow on social media, and share their styling photos and stories."
Originality.ai AI Detector: 100% AI & 0% Human-written
QuillBot AI Detector Score: 100% AI & 0% Human-written
Prompt: "Create a case study on the effective use of hair gel for beginners. Cover the benefits of hair gel for styling and hold, selecting the right gel for different hair types and styles, and preparing hair (washing and drying) before gel application. Include a detailed application guide with styling techniques, tips for maintaining hairstyles and avoiding flaking, and methods for proper gel removal to ensure healthy hair. Address common issues like build-up and flaking, and how to troubleshoot them. Ensure the tone is informative, encouraging, and practical. Include keywords such as hair gel for beginners, styling tips, and hair care. Encourage engagement by prompting readers to share their experiences and follow up for more insights."
Originality.ai AI Checker:100% AI & 0% Human-written
QuillBot AI Detector Score: 100% AI & 0% Human-written
Prompt: "Write an email promoting our hair gel product to beginners, emphasizing its benefits, application tips, and styling techniques. Encourage readers to explore the guide for mastering hair gel and suggest they stay tuned for more styling tips and updates."
Originality.ai AI Content Detector: 100% AI & 0% Human-written
QuillBot AI Detector Score: 100% AI & 0% Human-written
While this is a very small sample size, the initial results show that both AI content detectors work well. They both identified all the content as 100% AI-generated.
While more testing of QuillBot’s AI detector is needed, it’s a great sign that QuillBot offers the potential to be another reliable AI detector.
Looking for additional insight into AI detection?
QuillBot offers a range of features with the free version of the tool, which is the case with many AI writing tools. For advanced QuillBot features, you need to pay a premium subscription fee.
QuillBot is an AI detector and paraphrasing tool offering users the chance to identify AI-written content where necessary.
Paraphrasing is the process of restating someone else’s ideas or information in your own words. It is an essential skill for academic writing and research, but it is important to avoid plagiarism by properly crediting the original source.
Here are some tips for paraphrasing without plagiarizing:
Remember, paraphrasing is not just about changing a few words here and there. It involves fully understanding the content and expressing it in your own words while giving proper credit to the original source.
Here is a great guide on avoiding plagiarism while paraphrasing by MIT.
Paraphrase plagiarism refers to the act of rewording or restructuring someone else’s work, ideas, or intellectual property without proper attribution, presenting it as one’s own original creation.
When used in the right circumstances and with transparency, AI tools can greatly improve the writing process (example: creating content briefs). However, if AI writing tools are used without disclosure or transparency (such as to complete an assignment when it’s against academic guidelines) their ethics comes into question.