I-Plag imemezele ukuthi bonke othisha emhlabeni wonke bangafinyelela amasevisi ayo okuvikela ukubhalwa okungafanele (ukukopela) kanye nokutholwa kwe-AI ngokukhululekile, njengoba izikhungo zemfundo zibhekene nezinselelo ezandayo zokugcina ubuqotho ezifundweni.
Ngenkathi ubuchwepheshe be-generative AI buqhubeka ngokushesha, othisha besikole, oprofesa baseyunivesithi, nabanye othisha babhekana nemisebenzi eminingi ebhalwe yi-AI, ebekwe njengokukopela, noma ethengiwe emisebenzini yokukhwabanisa (contract cheating services).
Ngokocwaningo luka-November 2025 olwenziwe yi-Plag.ai, cishe u-20% womsebenzi wezifundo wabafundi manje uhlanganisa imisho emide ephelele eyakhiwe yi-AI.
Lolu cwaningo olufanayo, olwenziwa kudokhumenti yezifundo engu-200,000, okubalwa kuyo ama-thesis namaphepha ocwaningo, futhi luphinde lwembula ukuthi isilinganiso samaphesenti emisho elandelanayo ekhiqizwe yi-AI emsebenzini wabafundi sikhuphuke sisuka ngaphansi kuka-0.1% ngo-2015 saya ngaphezu kuka-11% ngo-2025. Lesi simo esikhathazayo sikhona okulinganiselwa kokuthi kuvela kumfakisicelo oyedwa kwabahlanu abafundi.
Ucwaningo lwe Plag.ai lugqamisa inkinga ekhula engagcini e-Italy. Kukhona oprofesa abaningi baseyunivesithi phakathi kwabasebenzisi abayizigidi eziyi-7 beplathifomu yePlag.ai. Abaningi kwalaba bantu bazikhokhela bona ngokwabo ukutholwa kokukopela nokokuqukethwe okwenziwa yi-AI ngaphandle kosizo lwezikhungo zabo zemfundo.
“Sikhulume nothisha abaningi abafuna ukugcina amazinga aphezulu ekhwalithi yomsebenzi wabo wezifundo, kodwa abangenakho ukufinyelela kumathuluzi adingekayo ukuze bakwenze ngendlela ephumelelayo,” kusho i-CEO ye Plag.ai uNazim Tchagapsov.
“Namuhla, abaningi bothisha babhekene nokukhetha okungajabulisi: noma bakhiphe emaphaketheni amathuluzi aqinisekisa ubuqiniso bomsebenzi wabafundi noma bashiye ukuhlolwa. Lesi simo asizange sibonakale sisilungile kithi—kokubili nothisha nabafundi—futhi besifuna ukunikeza isixazululo esingokoqobo sokugcwalisa lelo gebe.”
Ngisho ne-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) yexwayise ukuthi nakuba i-AI ingathuthukisa ukufunda, iyawuphazamisa ubuqotho ezifundweni uma kungabekwanga izindlela ezifanele zokuzivikela.
Yingakho u-Plag ehlela ukubhekana nale nkinga enkulu egqanyiswe yi-UNESCO.
Ithuluzi lamahhala le-Plag AI nelokuthola ukukopela lingasiza othisha kanye nabacwaningi ngokunikeza izindlela zokuzivikela ezidingekayo. Njengoba lutholakala mahhala othisha, uhlelo lwe-Plag lusiza bona ukuthi baqinisekise ukuthi umsebenzi womfundi wangempela yini, ubhalwe kahle ngokubhekisela (properly cited), noma ukuthi wakhiqizwa ngamathuluzi e-AI ngezilimi ezingu-129.
I-Plag ingasiza kanjani othisha emsebenzini?
I-Plag iyisihloli esithuthukile sokulwa nokukopela esisetshenziswa othisha abayizinkulungwane emhlabeni wonke ema-universities nasezikoleni.
Ukuze kusekelwe inqubomgomo yokungabi nokukopela (zero plagiarism) ezikhungweni zemfundo, i-Plag ihlinzeka othisha nge izixazululo zamahhala nezisebenzayo ezithi:
- Enokwethenjelwa: Ingathola umbhalo okopishiwe, obhalwe kabusha (paraphrased), nolusizwa yi-AI ngesikhathi esisodwa
- Ukulayisha okungenamkhawulo: Layisha amadokhumenti amaningi njengoba kudingeka ngaphandle komkhawulo wegama noma wendlela yephepha (page limit)
- Kulula ukuyisebenzisa: Ngena ungene (sign in) bese uqala ukusebenzisa i-Plag ngokushesha
Othisha <strong akudingeki bakhokhe ngisho nesenti elilodwa ukuze basebenzise zonke izici eziphambili (premium) ze-Plag. Esikhundleni sokukhokha izinkokhelo zobulungu (subscription fees), othisha, olecturer, kanye noprofesa bangasebenzisa u-Plag njengensiza yamahhala ukuze kugcinwe ubuqotho ezifundweni ezikoleni nasemanyuvesithi yabo.
Kungani i-Plag imahhala othisha?
I-Plag ikholelwa ukuthi ukukhiqiza okuqukethwe kwangempela kuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokuthi abafundi bathole okuningi ezifundweni zabo.
Lo mbono “wamahhala othisha” umele ukuphambuka endleleni evamile yokubhalisela (standard subscription-based) emakethe yezinhlelo zokuthola ukukopela nokubona i-AI. Iplathifomu iyafinyeleleka ku Plag.ai futhi ayidingi ukusetha kobuchwepheshe noma ukumisa okunzima.
Izikhungo zemfundo ezifuna uhlelo lwesoftware olungabizi lokulwa nokukopela ukuze lusebenzise inqubomgomo yokungabi nokukopela zingabhalisela i-Plag. Kumahhala!
Yini eyenza i-Plag ihluke kumathuluzi ayisisekelo okuthola ukukopela?
Ngokungafani namathuluzi alula e-AI nokulwa nokukopela, i-Plag isebenzisa i-AI ukuze ithole ukuhumusha ngomqondo (paraphrasing) nokubhalwa kabusha okucashile, hhayi nje ukukopisha okuqondile. Lesi sihloli se-AI nokukopela sinikeza othisha ukufinyelela ezicini ezisezingeni eliphambili ezivame ukugcinelwa ababhalisile (premium):
- Ukuhlolwa kwe-AI nokulwa nokukopela ngezilimi eziningi: I-Plag ingabona i-AI kanye okuqukethwe okusekwe ekukopeleni ngezilimi ezingu-129.
- Ukutholwa kokukopela okuhumushwe phakathi kwezilimi nokutholwa kwe-AI: I-Plag ingathola ukukopela okuhumushwe phakathi kwezilimi nokuqukethwe okwenziwa yi-AI kuwo wonke amazwi (across) ezilimini ezingu-56.
- Ukuhlola okungenamkhawulo komthamo omkhulu: Othisha bangonga isikhathi ngokucubungula izindatshana zabafundi eziningi ngendlela ephumelelayo.
- Ukutholwa kokuqukethwe okwenziwa yi-AI: I-Plag ibona amaphethini avela kumathuluzi e-AI afana ne-ChatGPT futhi igqamise imisho/amagama angajwayelekile emsebenzini wabafundi.
- Imibiko yokufana enemininingwane ecacile: Othisha bathola imibiko enohlelo lwemibala (color-coded) egqamisa okuqukethwe okusekwe ekukopeleni emithonjeni yaku-inthanethi eyizigidi, okubalwa namakhasi ewebhu, omagazini, kanye nedathabhesi yabafundi.
Kungani kufanele usebenzise i-Plag kunamanye amathuluzi akhokhelwayo okuthola ukukopela?
I-Plag inikeza othisha izinzuzo eziningi zesoftware ephambili yokulwa nokukopela ngaphandle kwezindleko eziphezulu zokubhalisela. Ngokuhlanganisa ukuhlaziywa kwengqondo (semantic analysis) okusekelwe ku-AI nokusekelwa kwezilimi eziningi, lolu hlelo luyindlela ewusizo esikhundleni samathuluzi avamile okukopela akhokhelwayo okusetshenziswa njalo ekilasini nasekuqhubeni izifundo (lecture hall).
Ingabe leli thuluzi linembile njengama-app akhokhelwayo?
Yebo, i-Plag isebenzisa i-natural language processing ethuthukisiwe ukuze ibone ukuhumusha ngomqondo nokubhalwa kabusha okucashile, hhayi nje ukukopisha okuqondile.
Kungani kufanele usebenzise i-Plag mahhala njengothisha
Ubuqotho ezifundweni bunzima kakhulu ukuvikela esikhathini se-AI, lapho abafundi bengakwazi ukukhiqiza izindatshana ezipholishiwe ngemizuzwana. Amathuluzi afana ne-Plag anikeza othisha ithuba elingcono lokuhlala benolwazi ngokwenza ukuhlolwa okusheshayo nokuthembekile kokulwa nokukopela emithonjeni eminingi.
Ngokusebenzisa i-Plag software yokulwa nokukopela njengengxenye yokuhlola okujwayelekile, othisha nama-lecturer bangenza ukuhlolwa okusheshayo kokulwa nokukopela okugqamisa ukugqashuka (overlaps), izingxenye ezihunyushwe kabusha (paraphrased), namaphethini afana ne-AI, ngaphandle kokwehlisa ijubane umsebenzi wabo wokubeka amanani nokuhlola.
I-FAQ
- I-Plag ingasiza kanjani othisha emsebenzini?
I-Plag inikeza othisha ithuluzi lamahhala, eliphambili lokuthola ukukopela ne-AI elingakwazi ukuthola ngokuthembekile umbhalo okopishiwe, ohumushwe kabusha (paraphrased), nowusizwa i-AI emsebenzini wabafundi.
- Kungani i-Plag imahhala othisha?
I-Plag ihlinzeka nge-suite yayo ephelele yokuthola ukukopela ne-AI mahhala kothisha, olecturer, noprofesa emhlabeni wonke ukuze kukhuthazwe ubuqotho ezifundweni ngaphandle kokubeka imigoqo yezimali.
- Ingabe i-Plag ilungele imisebenzi yesikole esiphakeme (secondary school)?
Yebo, isekela ukutholwa kokukopela okuhambisana neminyaka (age-appropriate) ezikoleni kanye nasemakolishi nasemanyuvesithi.
- Ingabe i-Plag ingasetshenziswa ekuhlolweni kwama-thesis nama-dissertation?
Yebo, isekela amadokhumenti emfundo anefomethi ende (long-form academic documents).
- Ingabe ubumfihlo bedatha yabafundi buqinisekisiwe futhi buhambisana ne-GDPR ohlelweni lwe-Plag?
Yebo, wonke amadokhumenti acutshungulwa ngendlela evikelekile futhi awabelwane ngawo.
- Ingabe abafundi bangafinyelela imibiko ye-Plag?
Kuphela uma ukhetha ukuyabelana ngayo.
- Yiziphi izinhlobo zamafayela (file formats) ezisekelwa yi-Plag?
I-PDF, DOCX, ne-TXT
- Ingabe i-Plag iyindawo yokushintsha i-Turnitin?
Othisha abaningi basebenzisa i-Plag.ai ngokuhambisana noma esikhundleni samathuluzi endabuko, ikakhulukazi okuthola i-AI.
- Ingabe i-Plag ingcono kunamanye amathuluzi aku-inthanethi okuthola ukukopela mahhala?
Yebo, i-Plag ingaqhathanisa imibhalo namakhasi ewebhu, omagazini namadathabhesi abafundi kulo lonke i-intanethi ngezilimi ezingu-129, kunokuba nje kube ukuhlola okuyisisekelo kumawebhusayithi esiNgisini.
- Ingabe i-Plag ingathola ukukopela okuhumushwe phakathi kwezilimi nokutholwa kwe-AI?
Yebo, i-Plag ingathola ukukopela okuhumushwe phakathi kwezilimi nokuqukethwe kwe-AI kuwo wonke amazwi (across) ezilimini ezingu-56.