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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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Review: Agent reviewedLast checkedJul 19, 2026Last changedJul 19, 2026Claims9Sources8Latest releasepublic-release-20260715-005Release records1

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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam currently has 9 source-backed claim records and 8 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 19, 2026. Latest tracker diff: 0 comparable policy-text changes, 1 newly extracted claims, 1 source snapshot changes.

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11 # Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft Copilot is listed for Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.
5+Evidence (en, f9821d390bf2): Since February 2024, Microsoft Copilot is available to VU students and staff. The VU does offer the simple version of Copilot and has judged that user privacy is sufficiently guaranteed.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T02:48:43.896Z
47 ## Source snapshot hash changed
58 The same source URL has a different snapshot hash. This may reflect policy text, page layout, navigation, or metadata changes; it is not by itself a policy change.
6-Source https://vu.nl/en/student/examinations/generative-ai-your-use-our-expectations snapshot 133cb28c0b4209878719e1ea3b0564ce1cde07f106a4db147999285839ebd8d0
7-Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T02:48:43.896Z
9+Source https://vu.nl/en/student/examinations/generative-ai-your-use-our-expectations snapshot f9821d390bf258947b051554552703b4b9f778353a822372d6a6ad28c84b9e60
10+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T02:48:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

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11 # Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft Copilot is listed for Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.
5+Evidence (en, f9821d390bf2): Since February 2024, Microsoft Copilot is available to VU students and staff. The VU does offer the simple version of Copilot and has judged that user privacy is sufficiently guaranteed.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T02:48:43.896Z
47 ## Source snapshot hash changed
58 The same source URL has a different snapshot hash. This may reflect policy text, page layout, navigation, or metadata changes; it is not by itself a policy change.
6-Source https://vu.nl/en/student/examinations/generative-ai-your-use-our-expectations snapshot 133cb28c0b4209878719e1ea3b0564ce1cde07f106a4db147999285839ebd8d0
7-Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T02:48:43.896Z
9+Source https://vu.nl/en/student/examinations/generative-ai-your-use-our-expectations snapshot f9821d390bf258947b051554552703b4b9f778353a822372d6a6ad28c84b9e60
10+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T02:48:43.896Z

Claim changes

9 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft Copilot is listed for Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

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privacy

VU Amsterdam's framework says students cannot be required to use AI tools for which VU has no license, and students, lecturers, and support staff do not process personal data or other confidential data in AI tools.

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academic_integrity

VU Amsterdam's framework says AI detectors are not permitted because they are unreliable and do not meet VU privacy requirements.

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ai_tool_treatment

VU Amsterdam's framework says the lecturer or examiner indicates in the study guide, syllabus, or Canvas whether and how use of generative AI is allowed for a course, with course learning objectives remaining leading.

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research

VU Amsterdam's research guidance says GenAI use in research must meet scientific-research standards, take existing VU policies on ownership, scientific integrity, privacy, personal data, and knowledge security into account, and be transparent about which parts of research used GenAI.

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academic_integrity

VU Amsterdam's Dutch academic-integrity page states that work made by generative AI is not the student's own work and lists using an AI writer to write an assignment as an example of fraud.

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teaching

VU Amsterdam's April 2025 Dutch framework describes the university's vision and policy for generative AI in education and gives faculties conditions for formulating their own faculty AI education policy.

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ai_tool_treatment

VU Amsterdam's student guidance states that Microsoft Copilot is available to VU students and staff through VU credentials, that teachers cannot force ChatGPT use, and that teachers may ask students to use Microsoft Copilot via the VU license.

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ai_tool_treatment

VU Amsterdam's Cogniti page describes Cogniti as an online-learning platform offered by VU where teachers or staff can create generative AI Agents for students, integrated into Canvas or used stand-alone at edubots.vu.nl in some cases.

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