OpenAI pulls its own AI detection tool because it was performing so poorly

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When OpenAI debuted an AI detection tool less than six months ago, it admitted the feature designed to help users spot text written by artificial intelligence was "imperfect." Now the company has quietly pulled the feature due to its "low accuracy." 

The announcement came in the form of an update to a January 2023 blog post where OpenAI announced the feature. A note at the top of the post now reads, "As of July 20, 2023, the AI classifier is no longer available due to its low rate of accuracy." The update went on to say that the company was "currently researching more effective provenance techniques for text."

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