OpenAI has discontinued its AI text classifier due to low accuracy, with the tool only correctly identifying 26% of AI-generated text and mislabeling human text 9% of the time. The company stated that the classifier was unreliable, especially for shorter texts and non-English content, and could be evaded by editing. OpenAI is researching more effective methods for detecting AI-generated content and aims to develop tools for identifying AI-generated audio and visual media. AI
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RANK_REASON OpenAI released a tool (AI classifier) that was subsequently found to be unreliable and discontinued.
