Policy presence
Washington State University has 5 source-backed public claims for policy presence; deterministic analysis status: unclear.
Pullman, United States
Washington State University
Record status
Review: Agent reviewed
Policy profile
Review: Machine candidate
AI disclosure
Washington State University has 2 source-backed public claims for ai disclosure; deterministic analysis status: required.
Coursework
Washington State University has 5 source-backed public claims for coursework; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Exams
Washington State University has 5 source-backed public claims for exams; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Privacy and data entry
Washington State University has 3 source-backed public claims for privacy and data entry; deterministic analysis status: blocked.
Academic integrity
Washington State University has 3 source-backed public claims for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Approved tools
Washington State University has 2 source-backed public claims for approved tools; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Named AI services
Washington State University has 3 source-backed public claims for named ai services; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Teaching guidance
Washington State University has 4 source-backed public claims for teaching guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.
Research guidance
Washington State University has 2 source-backed public claims for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
Security and procurement
Washington State University has 1 source-backed public claim for security and procurement; deterministic analysis status: allowed.
AI tools
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
Washington State University
- Tool
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
- About
- WSU provides standard Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to all students, faculty, and staff through the university enterprise account.
- Access
- Use the standard Copilot Chat through WSU's enterprise account.
- Cost
- Free access for WSU users.
- Availability
- Allowed
- Review
- Agent reviewed
- Sources
Evidence-backed claims
8 reviewed evidence-backed public claim
Ai Tool Treatment
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is listed for Washington State University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: {"tool":"microsoft_copilot","rawToolName":"Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat","description":"WSU provides standard Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat to all students, faculty, and staff through the university enterprise account.","howToObtain":"Use the standard Copilot Chat through WSU's enterprise account.","costToUser":"Free access for WSU users.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"officially_endorsed"}
Evidencia original
Evidence 1The standard Copilot Chat service all students, faculty and staff currently receive as part of the university’s enterprise account. All WSU users continue to have free access to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.
Vista localizada only
The standard Copilot Chat service all students, faculty and staff currently receive as part of the university’s enterprise account. All WSU users continue to have free access to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat.
Teaching
WSU Provost guidance expects every instructor to set clear acceptable-AI-use expectations and to state the AI course policy in every class syllabus.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: every_instructor_expected_to_state_ai_course_policy_in_syllabus
Evidencia original
Evidence 1The Office of the Provost expects every instructor to set clear expectations and policies related to acceptable AI use in their course(s). Instructors must clearly indicate their course policy about AI use in every class syllabus, and potentially, for each and every assessment.
Academic Integrity
WSU Provost guidance says WSU does not endorse AI detection tools and will not allow any AI detector to be the sole support for an academic misconduct case.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: ai_detector_not_sole_support_for_academic_misconduct_case
Evidencia original
Evidence 1Currently, WSU does not endorse the use of any AI detection tool for several reasons. ... We will continue our policy of not allowing the use of any AI detector as the sole source of support for a case against a student for academic misconduct in the future.
Ai Tool Treatment
WSU Provost guidance says instructors may allow or prohibit generative AI tools for their courses, with an obligation to communicate the course AI policy clearly to enrolled students.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: instructors_may_allow_or_prohibit_generative_ai_with_clear_communication
Evidencia original
Evidence 1Therefore, it is the instructor's prerogative to allow or prohibit the use of any generative AI tool. This decision comes with the obligation to accurately and clearly communicate AI policies to students enrolled in WSU courses across all campuses.
Privacy
WSU Provost AI-related policy guidance says Executive Policy 8 prohibits putting legally protected or regulated data, including proprietary, personally identifiable, HIPAA, or FERPA data, into generative AI platform queries.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: protected_or_regulated_data_prohibited_in_generative_ai_queries
Evidencia original
Evidence 1Executive Policy 8 prohibits the inclusion of legally protected or regulated data (e.g., proprietary, personally identifiable information, HIPAA, FERPA) in queries provided to generative AI platforms like ChatGPT.
Research
WSU Office of Research guidance says researchers should generally not input sensitive data into externally sourced generative AI tools because such tools are unlikely to meet WSU data security policy requirements.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: researchers_generally_should_not_input_sensitive_data_into_external_gai_tools
Evidencia original
Evidence 1Third-party software, tools, or information storage systems must comply with WSU data security policies. Because GAI tools are unlikely to meet these requirements, researchers should generally not input sensitive data into externally sourced GAI tools.
Academic Integrity
WSU Provost guidance states that students are expected to provide accurate and transparent attribution of AI use in classroom assessments.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: students_expected_to_attribute_ai_use_in_classroom_assessments
Evidencia original
Evidence 1An expectation for our students is that there is accurate and transparent attribution of AI use in their classroom assessments.
Research
WSU Office of Research guidance recommends upholding academic integrity in research by clearly attributing the use of generative AI tools in research outputs and publications.
Review: Agent reviewed
Normalized value: research_outputs_should_clearly_attribute_gai_tool_use
Evidencia original
Evidence 1Uphold standards of academic integrity by clearly attributing the use of GAI tools in research outputs and publications.
Candidate claims
0 machine or needs-review claim
Official sources
5 source attribution
Advanced Copilot AI services now available for faculty, staff | Washington State University
news.wsu.edu
Detecting and Reporting Misconduct Related to Generative AI
provost.wsu.edu
Guidelines for Generative AI
research.wsu.edu
Provost Expectations for AI Use in Courses
provost.wsu.edu
WSU Policies Relating to Artificial Intelligence
provost.wsu.edu