Flagged by an AI detector for work you wrote? Here's what to do.

Do not edit, re-upload or "fix" the flagged file, and do not run it through any rewriting tool, including ours. The document and its history are your evidence. Changing them now can look like a cover-up.

Reply politely, say you wrote the work, and ask for time to gather your drafts.

You are entitled to understand the case against you. Ask, in writing:

• Which tool produced the result, and what score or label it gave.
• Which passages were flagged.
• Whether anything besides the detector raised concern.
• Which policy applies, what the process is, and the deadlines.

Turnitin says its AI indicator should not be used as the only basis for action against a student, and several universities have switched AI detection off over reliability concerns. It is fair to point that out, calmly.

• Google Docs: File → Version history → See version history. Screenshots or a shared view show the document growing over days, in your own edits.
• Microsoft Word: if the file is on OneDrive or SharePoint, open File → Info → Version History. Earlier saved copies and their dates help too.
• Notes, outlines, mind maps and photos of handwritten plans.
• Your sources: downloaded PDFs, library loans, highlighted readings, browser history for the research.
• Emails or messages with tutors or classmates, and writing centre appointments.
• Earlier graded work that shows the same writing style.

Put it in one folder with a short timeline: when you started, when each draft happened, when you submitted.

In the meeting, walk through how you wrote it: where the idea came from, why you structured it that way, which source changed your mind. Offer to answer questions about the content or to write a short piece under supervision. Knowing your own work in depth is often the most convincing evidence there is.

If you used any tool at all (a grammar checker, translation, a tutor's edits), say so plainly and say what it did.

Dear Professor [Name],

Thank you for letting me know about the AI detection result on my [assignment] submitted on [date]. I wrote this work myself and I would like the chance to show that.

I have the version history for the document, which shows how it developed from [first draft date] to submission, along with my notes and sources. I am happy to walk you through how I wrote it and to discuss the argument in person.

Could you tell me which tool produced the result, which passages were flagged, and which part of the course or university policy applies? I would like to understand the process and any deadlines.

Thank you,
[Your name]
[Student ID]

Detectors score predictable wording as more likely to be AI. Writing in a second language often means simpler, more standard phrasing, so it gets flagged more. A 2023 Stanford study (Liang et al.) found that popular detectors labeled more than half of a set of essays by non-native English speakers as AI-written, while essays by native speakers were mostly judged correctly.

Say this in your response and mention the study. Grammar and translation tools can also make text look more uniform, so tell your instructor if you used them and whether the course allows it.

• Ask for the decision and the reasons in writing.
• Follow your university's academic integrity or appeals process, and keep to its deadlines.
• Contact your student union, student advocate or ombudsperson. Many offer free, confidential help.
• Keep copies of every message and document.

• Write in Google Docs or in Word on OneDrive so version history is on by default.
• Keep notes and drafts until the grade is final.
• Read the AI policy in each syllabus. Some courses count grammar or paraphrasing tools as AI use.

Writing that sounds like a particular person is harder to mistake for a chatbot. That is what Humanizer for Students is built around: you train it on a few samples of your own writing, and it rewrites stiff or over-polished drafts toward your sentence length, vocabulary and habits, keeping your argument and citations.

It is a drafting aid, not a shield. Use it while you are still writing, keep the version history that shows your draft and the edit, and check your course policy first. It cannot promise any detector score, and it should never be used on work that is already under review.

Try it on a paragraph of your own writing