Testing GPTZero: A Trending ChatGPT Detection Tool

Michael
7 min readJan 14, 2023

Warning: This post is based on an old version of GPTZero. I highly recommend avoiding GPTZero at the moment. I am currently in the process of writing a research paper on the topic, and I will release the new results once the paper is approved.

On January 2 2023, Edward Tian released GPTZero — the first app designed to detect whether ChatGPT wrote some content. The app encourages student learning by classifying the chatbot’s content.

The app went viral on Twitter with over 7+ million views. In this article, I will…

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Michael

I am currently a backend engineer. I like to research new topics and blog about them.