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OpenAI withdraws AI-text classifier for low accuracy

OpenAI removed its AI-written-text classifier after reporting low accuracy, including only 26% true-positive identification and a 9% false-positive rate on its challenge set.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
TOWARD DOOM35confidence 96/100

Why it moved the index

Withdrawal documented the practical weakness of a proposed institutional detection control, leaving educators and publishers without a reliable text-origin safeguard.

Assessment history

  1. R1
    Toward 35 · confidence 96

    New July 2023 counterevidence on generative-text detection controls.

    12 Aug 2026

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  1. DoomBench assesses “OpenAI withdraws AI-text classifier for low accuracy” as evidence moving toward doom, with magnitude 35 and confidence 96 out of 100 in the human resilience category.

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  3. DoomBench summarizes “OpenAI withdraws AI-text classifier for low accuracy” as follows: OpenAI removed its AI-written-text classifier after reporting low accuracy, including only 26% true-positive identification and a 9% false-positive...

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