Sealed on Base.

{"canonicalPath":"/v/a-zero-draft-google-docs-history-6glpd","receipt":{"challengePrompt":"Do you have evidence of a university policy or technical study establishing a zero-draft history as definitive, sole proof of AI plagiarism?","claim":"A zero-draft Google Docs history proves the student pasted the essay from AI.","confidence":"Medium","createdAt":"2026-06-21T05:28:39.380Z","kicker":"Sparse version history is a clue, not proof of AI writing.","paidAt":"2026-06-21T05:28:39.379Z","reasons":[{"body":"Google Docs can show edits to a document, but it does not record every idea, note, offline draft, or external writing step.","stance":"weakens","title":"Version history has a narrow scope"},{"body":"Pasted text can be a student moving their own work from another file, device, notebook, or drafting tool.","stance":"context","title":"The same pattern has innocent explanations"},{"body":"If AI use is alleged, the stronger review is drafts, notes, citations, writing process, and whether the final work matches the student.","stance":"supports","title":"Pair it with better evidence"}],"score":15,"shareLine":"FactPage check: FALSE. A zero-draft Google Docs history does not prove AI use. It is a review clue, not proof by itself.","slug":"a-zero-draft-google-docs-history-6glpd","sources":[{"imageUrl":null,"publisher":"Google Docs Editors Help","title":"See changes made to your files in Drive","url":"https://support.google.com/docs/answer/190843","usedFor":"Official help page for what version history can show inside Google Docs."},{"imageUrl":null,"publisher":"Purdue University","title":"Turnitin adding AI writing detection, but instructors should use it with caution","url":"https://www.purdue.edu/online/turnitin-adding-ai-writing-detection-but-instructors-should-use-it-with-caution/","usedFor":"University guidance explaining that Turnitin AI detection should be used cautiously and reviewed in context."},{"imageUrl":null,"publisher":"Vanderbilt University","title":"Guidance on AI Detection","url":"https://www.vanderbilt.edu/brightspace/2023/08/16/guidance-on-ai-detection-and-why-were-disabling-turnitins-ai-detector/","usedFor":"Institutional guidance on not treating weak AI signals as standalone proof."}],"summary":"No. Google Docs version history can show changes made inside that file, but it cannot prove where all drafting happened. A sudden paste or thin history may justify a conversation, yet it also fits ordinary explanations: drafting offline, writing in another app, copying from notes, or moving work between devices.","vaultCategory":"AI detector","verdict":"FALSE"},"type":"factpage.receipt","version":"fp-receipt-v1"}