Change log

University of Zurich

Release-to-release tracker diff history with separate policy-text, newly-extracted claim, evidence, and source snapshot categories.

Change summary

Current public record freshness and review state.

University of Zurich currently has 9 source-backed claim records and 5 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 15, 2026. Latest tracker diff: 0 comparable policy-text changes, 2 newly extracted claims, 0 source snapshot changes.

This page combines all public release diffs for University of Zurich. Individual release snapshots remain available from their release-specific URLs.

This tracker is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless a linked source is the university's own official page.

Newly extracted claims are tracker additions and are not necessarily newly published by the university. Source snapshot changes show hash changes for the same source URL and are not by themselves policy changes.

Diff categories

Semantic classification for this release diff.

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Combined release diff

Unified tracker diff generated from all public release snapshots for this university.

University of Zurich combined release diff

Comparing public-release-20260714-002 to public-release-20260715-005.

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11 # University of Zurich AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) is listed for University of Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
5+Evidence (en, 81d724b8bbfc): UZH Central IT lists Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) for UZH employees at CHF 18.00/month. It is subject to a fee and can be ordered through the UZH Software Portal if the organizational unit is enabled for licensing; it must be used in the protected UZH environment.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T23:36:43.896Z
47 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
58 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
9+ai_tool_treatment: Copilot Chat (Basic) is listed for University of Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
10+Evidence (en, 81d724b8bbfc): UZH Central IT says only Copilot Chat (Basic) and Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) are approved. Copilot Chat (Basic) is free for all UZH members and must be used with the official UZH Microsoft 365 account in the protected UZH environment, where enterprise data protection applies.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T23:37:43.896Z
612 ## Source attribution added
713 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
14+Source https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/staff/software-elearning/microsoft/Microsoft-Copilot.html snapshot 81d724b8bbfcb7a0694f80c4ad791283439ee710c8ef7be5fed631e062e7dba0
15+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T23:37:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

Policy text0Newly extracted2Source snapshots0Source text0

University of Zurich public-release-20260715-005 diff

Comparing public-release-20260714-002 to public-release-20260715-005.

+8-0
11 # University of Zurich AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) is listed for University of Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
5+Evidence (en, 81d724b8bbfc): UZH Central IT lists Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) for UZH employees at CHF 18.00/month. It is subject to a fee and can be ordered through the UZH Software Portal if the organizational unit is enabled for licensing; it must be used in the protected UZH environment.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T23:36:43.896Z
47 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
58 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
9+ai_tool_treatment: Copilot Chat (Basic) is listed for University of Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
10+Evidence (en, 81d724b8bbfc): UZH Central IT says only Copilot Chat (Basic) and Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) are approved. Copilot Chat (Basic) is free for all UZH members and must be used with the official UZH Microsoft 365 account in the protected UZH environment, where enterprise data protection applies.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T23:37:43.896Z
612 ## Source attribution added
713 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
14+Source https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/staff/software-elearning/microsoft/Microsoft-Copilot.html snapshot 81d724b8bbfcb7a0694f80c4ad791283439ee710c8ef7be5fed631e062e7dba0
15+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T23:37:43.896Z

Claim changes

9 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

Copilot Chat (Basic) is listed for University of Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) is listed for University of Zurich in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

source_status

The University of Zurich has seven guiding principles on the use of artificial intelligence in research and teaching, adopted by the Extended Executive Board on 26 September 2023 and later expanded and supplemented.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%Evidence1Languagesen

privacy

UZH guiding principles say members are transparent about AI-tool use, users bear sole responsibility for AI-assisted content and products, and AI tools must be used in accordance with statutory provisions including data protection and copyright law.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

UZH guiding principles say faculties should ensure equal opportunities and fair assessment conditions whether AI tools are permitted or prohibited, and that UZH will uphold academic integrity and penalize violations of its disciplinary or integrity rules.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%Evidence1Languagesen

teaching

UZH recommendations say faculties and study program directors are responsible for specific generative-AI guidelines and should ensure students know whether and how generative AI may be used in assessments.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

UZH recommendations say a declaration of authenticity can address generative-AI tools, that the person completing it should confirm only permitted aids or tools were used, and that any generative-AI use must always be indicated.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

For the University of Zurich Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, teaching staff determine for each module the extent to which AI is permitted for assessments; use of tools or generative AI without explicit consent and disclosure is punished as academic misconduct.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%Evidence1Languagesen

source_status

UZH.ai presents a current collection of central and faculty-specific AI guidelines and says UZH is working on a unified university-wide AI policy.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence89%Evidence1Languagesen

Source snapshots

5 source attributions