This paper introduces DetectLLM-LRR and DetectLLM-NPR, two novel zero-shot methods for detecting machine-generated text using log rank information. Experiments across three datasets and seven language models demonstrate improvements of up to 3.9 AUROC points over state-of-the-art methods. The code and data for both methods are available on Github.
MBZUAI researchers release LLM-DetectAIve, a tool for fine-grained detection of machine-generated text across four categories: human-written, machine-generated, machine-written then humanized, and human-written then machine-polished. The tool aims to address concerns about misuse of LLMs, especially in education and academia, by identifying attempts to obfuscate or polish content. LLM-DetectAIve is publicly accessible with code and a demonstration video provided.
MBZUAI researchers introduce M4, a multi-generator, multi-domain, and multi-lingual benchmark dataset for detecting machine-generated text. The study reveals challenges in generalizing detection across unseen domains or LLMs, with detectors often misclassifying machine-generated text as human-written. The dataset aims to foster research into more robust detection methods and is available on GitHub.
The GenAI Content Detection Task 1 is a shared task on detecting machine-generated text, featuring monolingual (English) and multilingual subtasks. The task, part of the GenAI workshop at COLING 2025, attracted 36 teams for the English subtask and 26 for the multilingual one. The organizers provide a detailed overview of the data, results, system rankings, and analysis of the submitted systems.
MBZUAI researchers introduce M4GT-Bench, a new benchmark for evaluating machine-generated text (MGT) detection across multiple languages and domains. The benchmark includes tasks for binary MGT detection, identifying the specific model that generated the text, and detecting mixed human-machine text. Experiments with baseline models and human evaluation show that MGT detection performance is highly dependent on access to training data from the same domain and generators.