Teaching & Learning
Research
- The authorship statement must include a clear and thorough description of whether and how generative AI tools were used
- For graduate theses/dissertations, students must include an authorship statement acknowledging whether generative artificial intelligence was used at any point in creating the document
Students must develop an authorship statement page in consultation with their advisory committee. The page should appear in the preliminary section, after the List of Tables and before the first body page of the document. Please include a sentence acknowledging whether or not generative artificial intelligence was used at any point in the creation of the document.
Authorship statements must include the following:
* A clear and thorough description of whether and how tools from Generative Artificial Intelligence were used, as per section 3.6.E of the Graduate School Handbook.
- For graduate theses/dissertations, the required authorship statement must describe whether and how generative AI tools were used, and it references Graduate School Handbook section 3.6.E as the applicable standard
Authorship statements must include the following:
* A clear and thorough description of whether and how tools from Generative Artificial Intelligence were used, as per section 3.6.E of the Graduate School Handbook.
Academic Integrity
- For graduate theses/dissertations, students must include an authorship statement acknowledging whether generative artificial intelligence was used at any point in the document’s creation, and must provide a clear and thorough description of whether and how generative AI tools were used
Students must develop an authorship statement page in consultation with their advisory committee. The page should appear in the preliminary section, after the List of Tables and before the first body page of the document. Please include a sentence acknowledging whether or not generative artificial intelligence was used at any point in the creation of the document.
Authorship statements must include the following:
* A clear and thorough description of whether and how tools from Generative Artificial Intelligence were used, as per section 3.6.E of the Graduate School Handbook.
Institutional & Administrative
- The guidance also states humans remain accountable and that all AI-generated material must be overseen, reviewed, edited, and approved by a human author, editor, or designer
- For communications and marketing professionals, NC State guidance requires keeping a human involved and specifies that if generative AI is used to create content consumed by constituents, it must be thoroughly reviewed and edited by a human
Always keep a human involved. AI tools excel at helping with the early and middle portions of a project, such as brainstorming ideas, organizing and summarizing meeting notes, and analyzing analytics data. If you use generative AI to create content consumed by constituents, make sure it is thoroughly reviewed and edited by a human.
We believe that humans remain accountable for all decisions and actions that involve AI. All AI-generated material must be carefully overseen, reviewed, edited and approved by a human author, editor or designer.
The final result is your responsibility, not the AI’s. AI can be immensely helpful, but you are ultimately responsible for how its output is used.
UComm is providing these guidelines for use by communications and marketing professionals at NC State University. They are not intended to govern other areas of the university, such as education and classroom settings, IT, chatbots, etc.
- This guidance is explicitly scoped to communications/marketing use and states it is not intended to govern education/classroom settings, IT, or chatbots
- For communications and marketing professionals, NC State provides an AI guiding principles framework emphasizing a human-centered approach, human accountability, verification of accuracy, non-deception/misinformation commitments, and transparency in AI usage
UComm AI Guiding Principles
* We believe in a human-centered approach to AI that empowers and augments professionals. AI technologies are tools. They cannot replace thoughtful human decision-making, and they should be treated as assistive — not autonomous — technologies.
* We believe that humans remain accountable for all decisions and actions that involve AI. All AI-generated material must be carefully overseen, reviewed, edited and approved by a human author, editor or designer.
* We commit to never knowingly using generative AI technology to deceive or spread misinformation.
* We commit to verifying the accuracy of information supplied by AI. Nothing can replace the role of human fact-checkers, and we take responsibility for any AI-assisted information used in communications materials.
* Transparency in AI usage is essential to maintaining the trust of our audiences and stakeholders.
UComm is providing these guidelines for use by communications and marketing professionals at NC State University. They are not intended to govern other areas of the university, such as education and classroom settings, IT, chatbots, etc.
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For graduate theses/dissertations, students must include an authorship statement acknowledging whether generative artificial intelligence was used at any point in the document’s creation, and must provide a clear and thorough description of whether and how generative AI tools were used.
No explicit detection or enforcement process is currently defined in the available policy sources.
No explicit data protection or approved AI platform policy is currently defined in the available policy sources.