When the Classifier Is the Judge: What the Adelphi AI Case Reveals About Automated Verification
Orion Newby was a student at Adelphi University when a single automated score nearly ended his academic career. He had written a course paper himself, working with tutors from a university support program for students with learning and neurological differences. The essay was run through an AI detector, which reported it as AI-written. On the strength of that output, Newby was accused of an integrity violation, the kind of charge that can escalate toward suspension or expulsion on a repeat offense.