Utah State University

Utah State University's teaching guidance says positive AI detection reports should be approached with skepticism and should not be the only point of evidence or suspicion in an accusation of student cheating.

Utah State University's student AI resources say ChatGPT and other generative AI tools should be treated like other sources for plagiarism and academic integrity, and students should check each professor's policies for when and how AI tools may be used in assignments.

Utah State University's Student Code Article VI defines cheating to include depending on sources beyond those authorized by the instructor, and defines plagiarism to include representing another person's work as one's own without full and clear acknowledgment; this is adjacent academic-integrity context referenced by USU's AI teaching guidance.

Utah State University's teaching guidance says instructors have autonomy to determine class AI guidelines, but those guidelines must be clearly defined in the syllabus and enforced through Article VI of the Student Code.

Utah State University's AI Use & Compliance guidance says sensitive, restricted, or confidential data should not be uploaded or processed in AI tools unless the university has an established privacy agreement with the provider.

Utah State University's research compliance guidance strongly encourages faculty to consider confidentiality when deciding whether AI use is appropriate for research and says researchers should not input confidential, proprietary, or restricted human-subjects data into a generative AI tool.

Utah State University's AI Tools page lists Microsoft Copilot with Data Protection, Zoom AI Companion, Box AI, Google Gemini, and Google NotebookLM as available to current USU students, faculty, or staff, while Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 is available as a purchased add-on by request.

Utah State University's AI Use & Compliance guidance says AI-generated content must be reviewed for accuracy, bias, and copyright compliance before use in coursework, research, or administrative communications.