University of Pennsylvania AI Policy

"Individual courses may have different or more narrow guidance on the use of AI that should be adhered to within the context of that course."

"In the absence of other guidance, treat the use of AI as you would treat assistance from another person. For example, this means if it is unacceptable to have another person substantially complete a task like writing an essay, it is also unacceptable to have AI to complete the task."

"It is Penn’s policy that each instructor is responsible for setting their own guidelines."

"Under Penn’s Code of Academic Integrity, students may not use unauthorized assistance in their academic work. It is up to you to decide what that means and communicate that definition to students."

"As expectations may vary between classes and instructors, it is important for instructors to provide students with clear guidelines similar to the guidelines on collaboration, on the use of AI within coursework, and when and how the use of AI within a course should be cited."

"Cheating: using or attempting to use unauthorized assistance, material, or study aids in examinations or other academic work or preventing, or attempting to prevent, another from using authorized assistance, material, or study aids."

"As expectations may vary between classes and instructors, it is important for instructors to provide students with clear guidelines similar to the guidelines on collaboration, on the use of AI within coursework, and when and how the use of AI within a course should be cited."

"The user of AI should endeavor to validate the accuracy of created content with trusted first party sources and monitor the reliability of that content. Users are accountable for their use of content created by AI and should be wary of misinformation or “hallucinations” by AI tools (e.g., citations to publications or source materials that do not exist or references that otherwise distort the truth)."

"Generative AI describes algorithms, such as ChatGPT and other large language models, that can be used to create new content, including text, code, and simulations."

"When using AI to write computer code or when creating new technology that leverages AI it is important to be aware of the new kinds of cyberattacks that are being used against AI users."

"Individual courses may have different or more narrow guidance on the use of AI that should be adhered to within the context of that course."

"In the absence of other guidance, treat the use of AI as you would treat assistance from another person. For example, this means if it is unacceptable to have another person substantially complete a task like writing an essay, it is also unacceptable to have AI to complete the task."

"Be transparent about the use of AI. Disclose when a work product was created wholly or partially using an AI tool and, if appropriate, how AI was used to create the work product."

"Grammarly"

"Writing-centric tool that provides writing assistance, expanding beyond grammar and spell-check with options including AI-assisted outlining, citation, and revision."

"For this reason, users of AI should avoid sharing personal or sensitive data with the tool and should not input moderate or high-risk Penn data as defined by the Penn Data Risk Classification, or intellectual property, without:"

"A contract in place to protect Penn data;"

"Review by Penn’s Privacy Office and consultation with the Office of Information Security as coordinated by Procurement when moderate or high-risk data is involved."

"Unpublished research data (at data owner's discretion), subject to any IRB restrictions"

"Use of AI should always be in alignment with Penn’s Principles of Responsible Conduct."

"The user of AI should endeavor to validate the accuracy of created content with trusted first party sources and monitor the reliability of that content. Users are accountable for their use of content created by AI and should be wary of misinformation or “hallucinations” by AI tools (e.g., citations to publications or source materials that do not exist or references that otherwise distort the truth)."

"Be transparent about the use of AI. Disclose when a work product was created wholly or partially using an AI tool and, if appropriate, how AI was used to create the work product."

"As expectations may vary between classes and instructors, it is important for instructors to provide students with clear guidelines similar to the guidelines on collaboration, on the use of AI within coursework, and when and how the use of AI within a course should be cited."

"Educators may have requirements and guidance for citing the use of generative AI output and for attributing AI created content to the specific AI tool and parameters used."

"Disclose to students when course materials have been created with the use of AI and when AI detection software will be used in the course."

"The use of material produced by generative AI or the failure to disclose such use will be considered violations of the University’s Policy on Academic Integrity and will be referred to the Center for Community Standards and Accountability (CSA) for adjudication."

"Misuse of Artificial Intelligence* 1 15"

"*New allegation type as of July 1, 2025"

"Disclose to students when course materials have been created with the use of AI and when AI detection software will be used in the course."

"While automating tasks using AI may improve operational efficiency for University Business processes, oversight and review of the use of AI and verification of its outputs for these University business processes should be in place to ensure reliability, consistency, and accuracy."

"For this reason, users of AI should avoid sharing personal or sensitive data with the tool and should not input moderate or high-risk Penn data as defined by the Penn Data Risk Classification, or intellectual property, without:"

"A contract in place to protect Penn data;"

"Review by Penn’s Privacy Office and consultation with the Office of Information Security as coordinated by Procurement when moderate or high-risk data is involved."

"It is not permissible under the Health Information Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) or Penn Medicine policy to share patient or research participant information in connection with open or public AI tools and services, such as ChatGPT."

"Therefore, individual patient data and patient data sets (even if deidentified) may not be exposed to open or public AI tools or services, absent institutional approval."

"For all of these tools, users must be logged into a University account for appropriate protections. Personal accounts on these services are not protected."

"Copilot Chat is self-service and available at this site. Low, Moderate, and most High Risk Data, except SSNs and credit card data."

"ChatGPT Edu"

"Low and Moderate Risk Data. Do not input sensitive data including HIPAA data, personal health information (PHI), financial account information, SSNs, and credit card data."

"Penn embraces innovations like generative artificial intelligence (“AI”) models in teaching, learning, research, and the effective stewardship of Penn’s resources."

"This statement is not intended as legal advice or an exhaustive set of best practices and should not be viewed as a final policy."

"It is anticipated that this document will be updated regularly and interact with other sources of policy, ethics, and governing legal authority."

"The agreements were reviewed by representatives from Penn ISC, Procurement Services, and Privacy, which review third-party AI technologies accessing personal data."