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Boston University student guidance tells students to disclose GenAI use and states that submitting GenAI-generated or GenAI-assisted output without attribution is plagiarism that an instructor will treat as academic misconduct.
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Boston University student guidance tells students to disclose GenAI use and states that submitting GenAI-generated or GenAI-assisted output without attribution is plagiarism that an instructor will treat as academic misconduct.
Boston University student guidance says instructors have broad discretion to set GenAI rules within each course, and students are responsible for complying with those instructions and should consult the course GenAI policy or ask the instructor before assuming GenAI use is allowed.
Boston University faculty and staff guidance says users should avoid inputting or sharing private or sensitive information through commercial GenAI tools because this could violate privacy laws or university policy, and says TerrierGPT is recommended for institutional use but is not approved for restricted use data.
Boston University's TerrierGPT page says data entered into TerrierGPT is not used to train external models and that the platform is approved for confidential, but not restricted-use, data.
Boston University faculty and staff guidance says academic and administrative GenAI users should retain human oversight, evaluate and verify generated content, and disclose GenAI use in materials, documents, or publications.
Boston University AIDA classroom guidance recommends that faculty state their GenAI policy explicitly in the course syllabus, disclose how instructors will use GenAI for course tasks, explain the policy in the first week, and distinguish acceptable from unacceptable uses.
Boston University's AIDA FAQ says BU faculty may freely decide course AI policies within broad limits established by the BU Academic Conduct Code, and students are encouraged to review course policies and consult instructors.
Boston University AIDA classroom guidance tells faculty to be very cautious with accusations of GenAI misuse because AI detection tools are highly fallible, and to apply enforcement policies uniformly.
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official_guidance Tracker checked at May 13, 2026, 2:11 PM
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official_guidance Tracker checked at May 13, 2026, 2:11 PM
official_guidance Tracker checked at May 13, 2026, 2:11 PM