At the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit, Grammarly—the trusted AI assistant for communication and productivity—announced a significant expansion of its Authorship feature. Initially launched in Google Docs, Authorship is now available in beta for Microsoft Word, bringing a new level of transparency and accountability to academic writing in the AI era. New capabilities include AI and plagiarism detection, authorship analytics, and speedy citations, positioning Grammarly as a key enabler of academic integrity in digital-first education.
Meeting the AI Usage Gap in Education
Recent studies reveal a sharp contrast between AI usage and policy comprehension in academia:
- 89% of higher education leaders estimate that at least half of students use AI tools for coursework.
- Meanwhile, 80% of instructors find current institutional AI guidelines insufficient.
This discrepancy underscores the urgent need for tools that bridge the trust and transparency gap between students and educators—precisely the role Authorship is built to fill.
What Is Grammarly Authorship?
Authorship is a student-first process tracker that shows which parts of a document were:
- Human-created
- AI-generated
- AI-edited
With over 3 million reports generated in just six months of beta testing in Google Docs, Authorship averages 41,000 daily reports during peak academic seasons—demonstrating strong adoption across students and institutions.
As Grammarly is embedded across 500,000 apps and websites, Authorship extends its reach to virtually all long-form academic writing platforms, helping users maintain transparent documentation of their writing journey.
What’s New in Authorship?
Grammarly is significantly expanding Authorship’s feature set, tailored to meet the evolving needs of academic institutions and students alike:
1. Authorship Analytics
- Aggregates insights from student writing patterns
- Helps institutions understand how generative AI and external sources are being used
- Available to Grammarly for Education institutional customers
2. Speedy Citations
- One-click, pre-formatted citations for AI-generated and external content
- Available to Grammarly Pro, Education, and Enterprise customers
3. Integrated AI & Plagiarism Detection
- Real-time AI and plagiarism detection built into Authorship reports
- Premium detection features available to Grammarly Pro, Education, and Enterprise users
- Basic Authorship remains free for all Grammarly users
4. Enhanced Cross-Platform Accuracy
- Desktop application provides higher fidelity tracking across apps and websites
- Ensures reliable and tamper-proof attribution
A Tool That Builds Trust in AI Writing
“Authorship works everywhere students write, and it’s credible because the reports can’t be manipulated,”
— Jenny Maxwell, Head of Grammarly for Education
Faculty members and students alike have embraced Authorship as a mutual accountability tool, helping institutions:
- Verify academic integrity
- Avoid false positives from AI detectors
- Support AI usage with proper context and attribution
“Not only does Authorship help ensure students are actually doing their work, but it can also protect students from false-positives on AI detectors,”
— Nathan Fayard, Assistant Professor of English, Indiana Wesleyan University
Looking Ahead: LMS Integration and AWS Availability
As Grammarly deepens its footprint in education, the company plans to:
- Launch learning management system (LMS) integration by Fall 2025, supporting seamless assignment tracking
- Expand distribution with Grammarly for Education now available on AWS Marketplace, allowing institutions to manage licenses and tools through their existing AWS ecosystem
Serving 3,000+ educational institutions, Grammarly continues to strengthen its position as a key AI partner in education
Grammarly’s Authorship update isn’t just about tracking AI—it’s about rebuilding trust in digital writing, offering both students and educators clarity, control, and accountability in a time of rapid transformation. With new integrations, analytics, and detection features, Grammarly is positioning itself at the heart of AI-era academic writing—and doing so with the credibility that both institutions and learners need.
