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.
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.
The 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.
Therefore, 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.
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.
Currently, 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.
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.
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.
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.
The 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.
Therefore, 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.
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.
Currently, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Executive 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.
Third-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.
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.
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Transparency and Disclosure; Privacy and Data Security
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.
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.
Therefore, 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.
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.
Third-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.
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.
claim-wsu-research-sensitive-data
Transparency and Disclosure; Privacy and Data Security
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.
Currently, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The 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.
Therefore, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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Reviewed claims
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Academic Integrity 2 reviewed claims
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.
Currently, 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.
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Use of AI Detectors in Academic Integrity at WSU
Academic Integrity
WSU Provost guidance states that students are expected to provide accurate and transparent attribution of AI use in classroom assessments.
The 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.
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Academic Expectations
Privacy 1 reviewed claim
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.
Executive 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.
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English (en)
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WSU Policies Relating to Artificial Intelligence
Research 2 reviewed claims
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.
Third-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.
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English (en)
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May 16, 2026
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Transparency and Disclosure; Privacy and Data Security
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.
Uphold standards of academic integrity by clearly attributing the use of GAI tools in research outputs and publications.
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English (en)
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Ethical Considerations
AI tool use 2 reviewed claims
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.
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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.
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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.
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English (en)
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Jul 16, 2026
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.
Therefore, 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.
Source language
English (en)
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Academic Expectations
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Official sources
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Advanced Copilot AI services now available for faculty, staff | Washington State University
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news.wsu.edu
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Advanced Copilot AI services now available for faculty, staff | Washington State University · 2026-07-16T07:39:43.896Z
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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "Washington State University AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/washington-state-university
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Questions students ask
Questions students ask
Can I use AI for my coursework?
Washington State University has 5 source-backed public claims for coursework; deterministic analysis status: restricted.
