11 # Worcester Polytechnic Institute AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
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4+academic_integrity: WPI's academic-integrity page defines cheating to include using unauthorized study aids, materials, information, or assistance in academic activity or assessment, and defines plagiarism to include using another's words, ideas, assertions, data, creative works, or graphics without proper attribution.
5+Evidence (en, 0e7022025c47): Cheating: Attempting to use or intentionally using unauthorized study aids, materials, information, or assistance in any academic activity or assessment. ... Plagiarism: Using words, ideas, assertions, data, creative works, or graphics of another without proper attribution in any academic activity.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-21T15:24:40.000Z
47 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
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9+teaching: WPI Library guidance says users should be transparent about AI-tool use and cite AI tools when they use them to gather information, write or edit text, generate media, synthesize ideas, or clean or manipulate data.
10+Evidence (en, d29c2b88b0a3): In general, you should always be transparent about your use of AI tools. Since AI tools cannot be considered an author ... they are generally considered a collaborator. Cite AI tools when they are used to: Gather information; Write text or generate media; Edit text; Synthesize ideas or find connections; "Clean" or manipulate data.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-21T15:24:10.000Z
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14+ai_tool_treatment: WPI Library guidance states that WPI professors have broad discretion over whether, how, and when students may use ChatGPT or other generative-AI content in assignments and projects, and students should check with their professor for expectations.
15+Evidence (en, 2dd8b2505b64): At WPI professors have broad discretion and many valid perspectives on whether, how, and when students can use ChatGPT or other content produced by generative artificial intelligence in assignments and projects.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-21T15:23:30.000Z
817 ## Source attribution added
918 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
19+Source https://libguides.wpi.edu/ai/citing snapshot d29c2b88b0a39e2b50f223c87fdb598181b05b6dc8a0db7ccfb7f712b65f89df
20+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-21T15:24:10.000Z
1021 ## Source attribution added
1122 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
23+Source https://libguides.wpi.edu/ai/home snapshot 2dd8b2505b64ddf87a0126b2a66509baf4d1c722ca79086ef48f535d2f9e167e
24+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-21T15:23:30.000Z
1225 ## Source attribution added
1326 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
27+Source https://www.wpi.edu/about/policies/academic-integrity/dishonesty snapshot 0e7022025c473a41565c3bc6d9121a4b83640e112983286b203593999acfe076
28+Tracker checked at: 2026-05-21T15:24:40.000Z