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Some instructors may approve of using generative AI tools in the academic setting for specific goals. However, these tools should be used only with the explicit and clear permission of each individual instructor, and then only in the ways allowed by the instructor.","sourceSnapshotHash":"747e1d2cf851d05a419e6061b44200afaa0708ebde2d79e5a794d791c1475027","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"claim-osu-005","sourceUrl":"https://teaching.resources.osu.edu/teaching-topics/ai-considerations-teaching-learning","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Keep in mind that data you enter in AI applications using a personal account will not be protected; you must log in to an approved AI tool with your Ohio State credentials (lastname.#@osu.edu and password) before entering any institutional data above the S1 classification.","sourceSnapshotHash":"311d56fe8c3a4eff5c5cae26cebeef5d4cbc360c837b4262860791e1cb04c9d8","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"claim-osu-003","sourceUrl":"https://teaching.resources.osu.edu/teaching-topics/ai-considerations-teaching-learning","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"It's important to establish expectations for academic integrity--both in general and specific to AI use--early in the term. Include university policies for academic integrity in your syllabus. Openly communicating the university's policies for academic integrity in your syllabus, as well as your own policy for GenAI use, will level set expectations for your course as well as for students' academic careers at the university.","sourceSnapshotHash":"311d56fe8c3a4eff5c5cae26cebeef5d4cbc360c837b4262860791e1cb04c9d8","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"claim-osu-004","sourceUrl":"https://teaching.resources.osu.edu/teaching-topics/ai-considerations-teaching-learning","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Ohio State has reviewed and vetted a number of standalone generative AI applications for use by faculty, staff, and students. Among the tools currently vetted are Microsoft Copilot, Adobe Firefly, and Google Gemini.","sourceSnapshotHash":"311d56fe8c3a4eff5c5cae26cebeef5d4cbc360c837b4262860791e1cb04c9d8","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"}]},{"key":"research_guidance","label":"Research guidance","status":"not_mentioned","summary":"No source-backed public claim about research AI use is present in this profile.","explanation":"This is an absence-of-evidence marker for the current tracker profile, not proof that no such policy exists.","evidenceClaimIds":[],"evidenceSourceUrls":[],"sourceLanguages":[],"reviewState":"machine_candidate","confidence":0,"evidenceCount":0,"sourceCount":0,"notMentionedReason":"The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about research use, publication ethics, research data, grants, or human-subjects compliance.","basis":[]},{"key":"security_procurement","label":"Security and procurement","status":"restricted","normalizedValue":"unvetted_ai_tools_no_institutional_data_above_s1","summary":"The Ohio State University 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":["claim-osu-006"],"evidenceSourceUrls":["https://it.osu.edu/news/2023/04/28/security-and-privacy-statement-artificial-intelligence"],"sourceLanguages":["en"],"reviewState":"machine_candidate","confidence":0.799,"evidenceCount":1,"sourceCount":1,"basis":[{"claimId":"claim-osu-006","sourceUrl":"https://it.osu.edu/news/2023/04/28/security-and-privacy-statement-artificial-intelligence","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"While it is a best practice to only use S1 (public) or S2 (internal) institutional data in approved AI tools, S3 (private) and/or S4 (restricted) data can be included when necessary for your education, business or research use case. Keep in mind that all software carries a risk of data breaches, so only enter the data necessary to achieve your goal. University community members should not enter any institutional data that is categorized above the S1 (public) level into unvetted AI tools.","sourceSnapshotHash":"08bac2d6584777beca91444f70144f904e6ebd6df39c65fd474d86f9bf482c87","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 Ohio State University policy analysis profile.\" Version v1. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/ohio-state-university"}}