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All staff and students using or developing AI are personally responsible for adhering to these.","sourceSnapshotHash":"d77102fc162f9636e2cdac97af4c99d214d8aa989038c29c85abec5c777e8434","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"CL-008","sourceUrl":"https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ai-hub/guidelines/","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"With approval at School level, this position may be broadened or narrowed for specific Course Units or assignments to encourage, require, or disallow specific uses of AI. In such cases students must be given detailed information that explains the rationale for the variation from the default position, as well as what is and is not allowed.","sourceSnapshotHash":"d77102fc162f9636e2cdac97af4c99d214d8aa989038c29c85abec5c777e8434","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"CL-009","sourceUrl":"https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ai-hub/guidelines/","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Using an AI tool to correct grammar or spelling is acceptable, but where a student uses an AI tool for proofreading work submitted for assessment, they should ensure that use of the tool does not result in substantive changes to the content or meaning of their work.","sourceSnapshotHash":"d77102fc162f9636e2cdac97af4c99d214d8aa989038c29c85abec5c777e8434","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"}]},{"key":"research_guidance","label":"Research guidance","status":"recommended","normalizedValue":"research_ai_guidance_available:recommended","summary":"The University of Manchester has 1 source-backed public claim for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.","explanation":"Whether public guidance addresses research use, publication ethics, research data, grants, or human-subjects compliance. This recommended 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-011"],"evidenceSourceUrls":["https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ai-hub/guidelines/"],"sourceLanguages":["en"],"reviewState":"machine_candidate","confidence":0.808,"evidenceCount":1,"sourceCount":1,"basis":[{"claimId":"CL-011","sourceUrl":"https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ai-hub/guidelines/","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"The University recognises the potential of AI to power research and innovation... Any use of AI to generate data should be completely transparent... Using AI to fabricate or manipulate data such as experimental measurements, interview texts or research images, without clear declaration, constitutes research misconduct.","sourceSnapshotHash":"d77102fc162f9636e2cdac97af4c99d214d8aa989038c29c85abec5c777e8434","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"}]},{"key":"security_procurement","label":"Security and procurement","status":"restricted","normalizedValue":"security_procurement_or_enterprise_review_addressed:restricted","summary":"The University of Manchester has 1 source-backed public claim for security and procurement; deterministic analysis status: restricted.","explanation":"Whether public guidance addresses security review, procurement, vendor approval, risk assessment, authentication, SSO, or licensing. This restricted 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-005"],"evidenceSourceUrls":["https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ai-hub/guidelines/"],"sourceLanguages":["en"],"reviewState":"machine_candidate","confidence":0.808,"evidenceCount":1,"sourceCount":1,"basis":[{"claimId":"CL-005","sourceUrl":"https://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/ai-hub/guidelines/","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Many generative AI tools are available as either free-to-use public services or paid-for enterprise services. Free-to-use public services often store user input, potentially disclosing the content to third parties. They should only be used with extreme caution... University-approved enterprise AI tools must be used whenever there is a risk of inappropriate disclosure.","sourceSnapshotHash":"d77102fc162f9636e2cdac97af4c99d214d8aa989038c29c85abec5c777e8434","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. \"The University of Manchester policy analysis profile.\" Version v1. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/manchester"}}