11 # University of Waikato AI policy diff
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4+academic_integrity: University of Waikato academic-integrity guidance tells students to acknowledge their use of generative AI tools for assessment tasks.
5+Evidence (en-NZ, d84f6bc4a725): Always acknowledge your use of generative AI tools for your assessment tasks. Your lecturer can give you advice on this.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-16T16:14:00.000Z
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9+academic_integrity: University of Waikato assessment guidance says students cannot use an AI tool such as ChatGPT to generate or rewrite assignment or test answers and submit them as their own unless assignment instructions specifically permit or require that use; the page states this exception does not apply to Studiosity, which it identifies as an approved AI tool.
10+Evidence (en-NZ, 7362334acf11): Using an AI tool (e.g., ChatGPT) to generate your assignment or test answers and submitting them as your own, unless the assignment specifically requires the use of such a tool (does not apply to Studiosity, which is an approved AI tool).
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-16T16:12:00.000Z
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14+privacy: University of Waikato's Generative AI page warns that uploading work to non-institutional generative AI platforms poses significant privacy and ethical risks, including potential personally identifiable information and external tools that may lack safeguards aligned with privacy laws such as the NZ Privacy Act.
15+Evidence (en-NZ, 7362334acf11): Uploading work to non-institutional generative AI platforms poses significant privacy and ethical risks. Such work may contain personally identifiable information, and external tools often lack safeguards aligned with privacy laws like the NZ Privacy Act.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-16T16:12:00.000Z
817 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
918 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
19+ai_tool_treatment: The University of Waikato Library guide states that Microsoft Copilot with GPT-5 is available to all University of Waikato staff and students as a secure and reliable generative AI tool.
20+Evidence (en, 04e027687583): Microsoft Copilot with GPT-5 is available to all University of Waikato staff and students as a secure and reliable Generative AI tool.
21+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-16T16:20:00.000Z
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24+Source https://libraryguides.waikato.ac.nz/genaiguide snapshot 04e027687583f1762848d07f6249bb0508d535b69969058d8c193b0cf4f1be6b
25+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-16T16:20:00.000Z
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28+Source https://www.waikato.ac.nz/students/academic-integrity/student-information/examples-of-cheating/ snapshot d428a7eddbfdf91f13db0665dfdd131e14fcfd3953f5ff70b1b10f79c2e160e0
29+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-16T16:16:00.000Z
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32+Source https://www.waikato.ac.nz/students/student-assessment-handbook/gen-ai/ snapshot 7362334acf11209604bd713a91a75a3ef7f58ffae09d39d08c478c63ef634374
33+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-16T16:12:00.000Z
1634 ## Source attribution added
1735 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
36+Source https://www.waikato.ac.nz/students/student-assessment-handbook/overview/academic-integrity/ snapshot d84f6bc4a725e1be1cebca270144a53e47ad7eb35488baffbb142ba619c99d77
37+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-16T16:14:00.000Z