As AI evolves, so will students’ usage of available tools that rely on Large Language Models to achieve many results, depending on their literacy of these tools. Some may use it as a writing assistant to create an outline, or to generate writing prompts to start a personal essay, or to help them with proper citations. However, some students may use AI tools to seemingly write a response to a prompt for them, and some of that text may end up being used in the students’ work.
AI paraphrasing tools, also known as word spinners, and AI bypasser tools modify AI-generated text with the purpose of evading plagiarism detection software. AI paraphrasers and AI bypassers insert random or obscure phrasing or rewrite content to try to mimic natural, human writing. The use of these AI tools deeply impacts learning because they negatively impact students’ ability to develop comprehension, analysis, and revision skills in their writing process. To learn more, read our blog about AI plagiarism changers and how they work .