Paraphrasing tools. Oh, my.

I’ve just heard about a new set of web tools that will take text, and rewrite it, using different words.  I can imagine this would be an excellent way to beat plagiarism detectors…

This is the article that drew my attention to it…

http://retractionwatch.com/2017/04/26/troubling-new-way-evade-plagiarism-detection-software-tell-used/#more-49550 

This is the text above, run through a paraphrasing tool:

I’ve quite recently caught wind of another arrangement of web instruments that will take content, and revamp it, utilizing diverse words. I can envision this would be an incredible approach to beat literary theft identifiers…

This is the article that attracted my consideration regarding it…

http://retractionwatch.com/2017/04/26/alarming new-way-dodge copyright infringement recognition programming tell-utilized/#more-49550

This is the content above, go through a summarizing instrument:

2 thoughts on “Paraphrasing tools. Oh, my.”

  1. I like the way even the URL has been paraphrased!

    At least it’s so poor as to be as obvious as when words are copeed straight from a text, although I guess you might just think someone had written with a thesaurus on hand…

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