CheatScrub - Chrome Extension

CheatScrub is a Chrome extension built to help educators and reviewers spot AI-written text and reduce AI-driven cheating in academic work. It analyzes writing for signals commonly associated with content generated by popular language models, including ChatGPT as well as earlier GPT-2 and GPT-3 style outputs. The goal is to provide a quick, practical way to screen passages or full essays and flag content that may have been produced with generative AI.

The extension is designed for speed and convenience during everyday workflows. You can highlight any text on a webpage, right-click, and run an AI-content check directly from the context menu. For longer submissions, you can open CheatScrub from the browser toolbar to access an essay analysis window where you can review larger blocks of text in one place.

CheatScrub also includes Canvas-oriented integration to better fit classroom and LMS processes, helping instructors review student submissions with fewer steps. Whether you are checking a discussion post, a pasted paragraph, or an entire assignment, CheatScrub focuses on making analysis straightforward: select text, run detection, and review the result.

Important note: no detector is perfect. AI-detection should be treated as a screening and review aid rather than a final verdict. Use the results alongside your course policies, writing history, and any other context you have for a fair assessment.

CheatScrub is not presented here as being affiliated with Canvas or OpenAI; it is described as a third-party tool that integrates with educator workflows. more