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It is increasingly part of the wider world and is changing the nature of many aspects of life including the jobs you are in or will progress into.","sourceSnapshotHash":"de7e5bc7b74c4cb2793a5aa5fa10833903a495498accbd3da32eaac9e5f4cc23","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"CL-007","sourceUrl":"https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/context-definitions","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Our Enterprise license means that use of Copilot comes with commercial data protection and is therefore a more secure alternative to other generative AI tools.","sourceSnapshotHash":"e83b1023c70fd9113f0fafdecb9f0ee84991617be4a6e17182b9fdf753d682f0","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"CL-012","sourceUrl":"https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/student-guidance","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Please note that Microsoft Copilot is available to all King's students with your KCL Microsoft log in credentials. Make sure you are logged into your KCL account and switch 'safe search' to 'moderate' to use it.","sourceSnapshotHash":"de7e5bc7b74c4cb2793a5aa5fa10833903a495498accbd3da32eaac9e5f4cc23","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"}]},{"key":"teaching_guidance","label":"Teaching guidance","status":"recommended","normalizedValue":"instructor_or_teaching_guidance_available:recommended","summary":"King's College London has 3 source-backed public claims for teaching guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.","explanation":"Whether public guidance addresses instructors, teaching, classroom policy, assessment design, or syllabus language. This recommended status was derived from claim type, normalized value, and keyword rules over 3 supporting public claims. Review the basis array before reusing this as a policy conclusion.","evidenceClaimIds":["CL-006","CL-008","CL-011"],"evidenceSourceUrls":["https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/context-definitions","https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/macro-level","https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/student-guidance"],"sourceLanguages":["en"],"reviewState":"machine_candidate","confidence":0.765,"evidenceCount":3,"sourceCount":3,"basis":[{"claimId":"CL-006","sourceUrl":"https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/context-definitions","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"King's College London supports considered use of generative AI, and is open to evolving teaching, assessment and feedback practices according to need and disciplinary differences.","sourceSnapshotHash":"e83b1023c70fd9113f0fafdecb9f0ee84991617be4a6e17182b9fdf753d682f0","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"CL-008","sourceUrl":"https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/macro-level","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"King's contributed to and subscribes to the Russell Group's five principles on the use of generative AI tools in education: Universities will support students and staff to become AI-literate; Staff should be equipped to support students to use generative AI tools effectively and appropriately in their learning experience; Universities will adapt teaching and assessment to incorporate the ethical use of generative AI and support equal access; Universities will ensure academic rigour and integrity is upheld; Universities will work collaboratively to share best practice as the technology and its application in education evolves.","sourceSnapshotHash":"c022dc2cd7815838554df90233c3d5181735692c730cacaecd2df7774858f9ca","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"CL-011","sourceUrl":"https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/student-guidance","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"We have suggested four broad levels that your Programme and Module leaders may adjust to the specifics of an assessment: 1. Minimal - Includes routine and established use of tools such as auto transcription, spell checkers, grammar check. 2. Limited/selective - Use for clearly delineated tasks as appropriate/allowed/recommended. 3. Open - No specific restrictions but with requirement to track key stages/tools utilised. 4. Embedded - AI use is a feature of the assessment itself.","sourceSnapshotHash":"de7e5bc7b74c4cb2793a5aa5fa10833903a495498accbd3da32eaac9e5f4cc23","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"}]},{"key":"research_guidance","label":"Research guidance","status":"restricted","normalizedValue":"research_ai_guidance_available:restricted","summary":"King's College London has 2 source-backed public claims for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: restricted.","explanation":"Whether public guidance addresses research use, publication ethics, research data, grants, or human-subjects compliance. This restricted status was derived from claim type, normalized value, and keyword rules over 2 supporting public claims. Review the basis array before reusing this as a policy conclusion.","evidenceClaimIds":["CL-009","CL-010"],"evidenceSourceUrls":["https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/doctoral-assessment"],"sourceLanguages":["en"],"reviewState":"machine_candidate","confidence":0.765,"evidenceCount":2,"sourceCount":1,"basis":[{"claimId":"CL-009","sourceUrl":"https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/doctoral-assessment","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Yes, students are permitted to make use of generative AI tools in their thesis writing processes. However, where a student's use of generative AI tools in their thesis writing exceeds the circumstances permitted by this guidance, they will risk breaching the Academic Misconduct Policy.","sourceSnapshotHash":"7a1dd2b317bc654cd4834c6dcd738cf2b2f1334c0d29a89e641af8466c836601","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"CL-010","sourceUrl":"https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/doctoral-assessment","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Must not upload any part of a student's thesis into a generative AI tool, or make use of external generative AI detection software when assessing the thesis.","sourceSnapshotHash":"7a1dd2b317bc654cd4834c6dcd738cf2b2f1334c0d29a89e641af8466c836601","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"}]},{"key":"security_procurement","label":"Security and procurement","status":"allowed","normalizedValue":"security_procurement_or_enterprise_review_addressed:allowed","summary":"King's College London has 1 source-backed public claim for security and procurement; deterministic analysis status: allowed.","explanation":"Whether public guidance addresses security review, procurement, vendor approval, risk assessment, authentication, SSO, or licensing. This allowed status was derived from claim type, normalized value, and keyword rules over 1 supporting public claim. Review the basis array before reusing this as a policy conclusion.","evidenceClaimIds":["CL-007"],"evidenceSourceUrls":["https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/context-definitions"],"sourceLanguages":["en"],"reviewState":"machine_candidate","confidence":0.765,"evidenceCount":1,"sourceCount":1,"basis":[{"claimId":"CL-007","sourceUrl":"https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/context-definitions","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Our Enterprise license means that use of Copilot comes with commercial data protection and is therefore a more secure alternative to other generative AI tools.","sourceSnapshotHash":"e83b1023c70fd9113f0fafdecb9f0ee84991617be4a6e17182b9fdf753d682f0","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"}]}],"limitations":["Policy analysis profiles are deterministic summaries of public tracker claims and are not final policy conclusions.","Policy Coverage Score measures breadth of public, source-backed coverage; it is not a policy quality score, strictness score, legal adequacy score, safety score, or institutional compliance score.","This tracker is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless a linked source is the university's own official page."],"suggestedCitation":"University AI Policy Tracker. \"King's College London policy analysis profile.\" Version v1. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/kcl"}}