Your work was flagged as AI

If you wrote it yourself, this is survivable and more procedural than it feels right now. The order you do things in matters more than anything you say.

• Your essay was flagged as AI and you wrote every wordA calm, practical walkthrough for students whose own writing got flagged by an AI detector: why it happens, what evidence actually helps, and how to respond.7 min read
• A professor has accused you of using AIHow to respond when an instructor accuses you of using AI: what to say, what evidence to bring, what your rights usually are, and the mistakes that make things worse.8 min read
• How to prove you wrote it yourselfThe evidence that actually demonstrates human authorship — version history, drafts, process artefacts — and how to set it up before you ever need it.6 min read
• What your Turnitin AI score actually meansWhat the Turnitin AI writing percentage measures, how it differs from the similarity score, what counts as high, and why it is not proof of anything on its own.6 min read
• Why AI detectors flag human writingThe mechanics behind AI detector false positives: perplexity, burstiness, threshold choice, and the specific groups of writers who get flagged most.7 min read
• What to actually say to your professorWording that works when responding to an AI accusation, plus what to say in the meeting and what to avoid, with a template you can adapt.5 min read