College student claims app can detect essays written by chatbot ChatGPT

Princeton senior Edward Tian says GPTZero can root out text composed by the controversial AI bot, but users cite mixed results

A 22-year-old college student has developed an app which he claims can detect whether text is written by ChatGPT, the explosive chatbot raising fears of plagiarism in academia.

Edward Tian, a senior at Princeton University, developed GPTZero over a summer break. It had 30,000 hits within a week of its launch.