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Restricted Confidential Data may not be entered into any AI Tool, including USC Enterprise AI Tools, unless expressly approved in writing by the Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC).","sourceSnapshotHash":"6c86d4e22ccb664643e76dba6840f6621c233f98a7a43a4eccf6680634442c84","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"claim-usc-ai-plagiarism-reminder","sourceUrl":"https://academicintegrity.usc.edu/generative-ai-and-chatgpt-edu/","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Work authored by another (including material created by ChatGPT and other Generative AI tools) but represented as the student’s work, whether paraphrased or copied verbatim or in near-verbatim form, is considered plagiarism.","sourceSnapshotHash":"74ea276d49b3c68fb1cca853ce36007e41ac4087e91dd65e0bcab07a5bb01323","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"claim-usc-coursework-ai-instructor-guidance","sourceUrl":"https://academicintegrity.usc.edu/generative-ai-and-chatgpt-edu/","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Students are expected to confirm with their instructors what generative AI use, if any, is permitted in their coursework before using it. ... access to ChatGPT Edu does not indicate a shift in policy or expectation.","sourceSnapshotHash":"74ea276d49b3c68fb1cca853ce36007e41ac4087e91dd65e0bcab07a5bb01323","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"claim-usc-ai-output-responsibility","sourceUrl":"https://policy.usc.edu/generative-ai-general-policy/","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Covered Individuals are responsible for checking outputs from Generative AI tools for accuracy and completeness, and are responsible for any output generated by their use of an AI Tool when that output is used in USC work product.","sourceSnapshotHash":"6c86d4e22ccb664643e76dba6840f6621c233f98a7a43a4eccf6680634442c84","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"},{"claimId":"claim-usc-ai-procurement-consultation","sourceUrl":"https://policy.usc.edu/generative-ai-general-policy/","sourceLanguage":"en","evidenceSnippet":"Departments, schools, and units may not acquire Individual AI Tools without first consulting the Office of Cybersecurity, Office of Ethics and Compliance, and the Office of the General Counsel.","sourceSnapshotHash":"6c86d4e22ccb664643e76dba6840f6621c233f98a7a43a4eccf6680634442c84","reviewState":"agent_reviewed"}]},{"key":"teaching_guidance","label":"Teaching guidance","status":"recommended","normalizedValue":"coursework_ai_use_requires_instructor_guidance","summary":"University of Southern California 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. 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