UnTXT and King's College London's AI Policy - What Students Need to Know

Summary: King's uses a two-statement declaration system — you pick one of two sentences to attach to every submission, whether or not you used AI. Using UnTXT to check your own draft is the kind of use that stays comfortably inside "acceptable use" either way.

What King's AI Policy Actually Says

King's asks every student to attach one of two declaration statements to a submission:

Statement 1 (no AI use): "I declare that no part of this submission has been generated by AI software."

Statement 2 (with AI use): parts of the submission have "contributions from AI software and that it aligns with acceptable use" — naming which tools were used and for what (ideation, rewriting, or other functions).

The guidance is explicit about what follows from an honest Statement 2: "so long as acknowledged use falls within the scope of appropriate use as defined in the assessment brief/guidance then this will not have any direct impact on the grades awarded." Declaring AI use that stays within your assessment brief costs you nothing. Undisclosed use that shouldn't have been there is what the misconduct rule is aimed at: "Inappropriate use without attribution is considered academic misconduct."

Where does a checker sit? King's published student guidance is written about generative tools — the two-statement system asks what contributed to the content, not what checked it afterwards. UnTXT generates nothing: it reads a draft you already wrote and marks passages carrying machine-writing patterns, then stops. We are not going to tell you King's has written a specific carve-out for detection tools, because it hasn't, in the material we could find. Using it to check your own draft before submission is the kind of use Statement 1 or an honest Statement 2 both cover comfortably.

What we would do. If you used UnTXT only to check your own writing and made no AI-generated content part of your submission, Statement 1 is accurate. If you're unsure, naming UnTXT under Statement 2 — "used UnTXT, an AI pattern checker, to check my own draft before submission" — costs one sentence and removes any ambiguity.

Source: Generative AI — Student guidance, King's College London, checked 11 October 2026 (guidance first published October 2023, last updated April 2025). Your department's assessment brief may add to this. Where King's pages and this one disagree, theirs is the one that counts.

Why the Two-Statement System Matters

Most universities ask you to disclose AI use somewhere in a form or footnote. King's makes the choice explicit and binary: every submission carries one of two sentences, and the sentence you pick is itself part of what you're submitting.

That makes the honest answer easy to find — you're never guessing whether disclosure is expected, because the mechanism forces the question every time.

Why King's Students Use UnTXT

You want to be certain Statement 1 is accurate before you sign it

If you used AI for brainstorming and rewrote everything yourself, you may believe no part of the submission was "generated" by AI. UnTXT shows you which passages still carry machine-writing patterns, so your confidence in Statement 1 is based on a check, not a guess.

You're attaching Statement 2 and want the declaration to be precise

If you're naming which tools contributed and how, UnTXT's own read of your draft helps you describe accurately what's left of any AI involvement by the time you submit.

Your writing style shifted across a long piece

Dissertations and extended essays often develop inconsistent voice. UnTXT flags passages whose style sits oddly against the rest of the document — useful for your own quality check, independent of the AI question.

What the Results Mean for Your King's Submission

UnTXT's results are a signal, not a verdict. A flagged passage does not mean you used AI — it means the passage shares statistical characteristics with AI-generated writing, which formal academic prose can produce on its own.

Gold means the passage sounds like you. Grey means it carries AI-typical patterning. There is no percentage and no letter grade — a number invites you to treat a signal as a verdict, and it is not one.

Nothing on the page rewrites your work. The highlights are read-only: UnTXT does not suggest replacement text or quietly improve your prose. If it did, the finished piece would be a little less yours every time.

How to Use UnTXT for a King's Assessment

1. Finish your draft first, then paste it in and press Analyse — two frontier models argue over your text passage by passage, with a third settling any disagreement.
2. Read the grey passages honestly. Is this how you write, or the phrasing you reach for when tired and aiming for something that sounds academic?
3. Leave the gold alone — those passages already sound like you.
4. Rewrite anything you want to change, in your own words.
5. Decide which statement to sign. If UnTXT's own read gives you confidence no AI-generated content remains, Statement 1 is honest. If any doubt remains, Statement 2 naming UnTXT as a checking tool is the safer, still-costless option.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does using UnTXT mean I have to sign Statement 2?

Not necessarily. UnTXT reads your writing; it generates nothing. If no AI-generated content is part of your submission, Statement 1 can be accurate. If you're unsure, naming it under Statement 2 is the safer choice and costs nothing.

What happens if I sign Statement 2 honestly?

King's own guidance is that acknowledged use within the scope of what your assessment brief permits "will not have any direct impact on the grades awarded."

What counts as misconduct?

"Inappropriate use without attribution" — using AI-generated content and not declaring it, or using it beyond what your assessment brief permits.

How much does it cost to check a standard essay?

The first 1,000 words are free on sign-up, no card needed. Checking whole pieces or checking regularly means a monthly subscription from £8.40 including tax, with a monthly CVT allowance.

Can I check my dissertation in sections?

Yes — analyses are saved in your account history with word counts and dates, so you can check chapter by chapter.

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This page reflects UnTXT's understanding of King's College London's publicly available student AI guidance as of September 2026. Policy details may change. Always check King's current guidance and your department's assessment brief.