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GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers — mentioned by thewebguyd

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:42:40 GMT

https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.02819 > While the detectors were “near-perfect” in evaluating essays written by U.S.-born eighth-graders, they classified more than half of TOEFL essays (61.22%) written by non-native English students as AI-generated (TOEFL is an acronym for the Test of English as a Foreign Language). > It gets worse. According to the study, all seven AI detectors unanimously identified 18 of the 91 TOEFL student essays (19%) as AI-generated and a remarkable 89 of the 91 TOEFL essays (97%) were flagged by at least one of the detectors.

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GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers — HN submission

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 11:26:48 GMT

GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers (2023)

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GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers — HN submission

Sun, 21 May 2023 10:36:11 GMT

GPT detectors are biased against non-native English writers

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