Change log

University College Dublin

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 College Dublin currently has 11 source-backed claim records and 7 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 18, 2026. Latest tracker diff: 0 comparable policy-text changes, 5 newly extracted claims, 1 source snapshot changes.

This page combines all public release diffs for University College Dublin. 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 College Dublin combined release diff

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

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11 # University College Dublin 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: Gecko AI chatbot pilots is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.
5+Evidence (en, decb4f56287f): The UCD IT Services page lists active, DPIA-completed Gecko chatbot pilots for student support, wellbeing, research-resourcing and collaborative research, coordinated through the AI Governance Strategy sandbox.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:07:43.896Z
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: Google Gemini is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
10+Evidence (en, decb4f56287f): UCD IT Services says Gemini is available to UCD staff and students through UCD Google Workspace/UCD Connect, and lists Gemini among licensed UCD tools operating under University governance.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:08:43.896Z
612 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
713 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
14+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft Copilot Chat is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
15+Evidence (en, decb4f56287f): UCD IT Services says its software is procured under University governance and enabled only after privacy/security review. UCD staff and students may access Copilot Chat through UCD Connect Work or School accounts; the page lists Microsoft Copilot among licensed UCD tools.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:09:43.896Z
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: Google NotebookLM is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
20+Evidence (en, decb4f56287f): UCD IT Services says NotebookLM is available to UCD staff and students through UCD Google Workspace licences, and lists NotebookLM among licensed UCD tools operating under University governance.
21+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:10:43.896Z
1022 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
1123 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
24+ai_tool_treatment: Zoom AI Companion is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.
25+Evidence (en, decb4f56287f): UCD Zoom accounts can use AI meeting summaries, but the host or co-host must turn the optional feature on for each meeting.
26+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:11:43.896Z
1227 ## Source snapshot hash changed
1328 The same source URL has a different snapshot hash. This may reflect policy text, page layout, navigation, or metadata changes; it is not by itself a policy change.
14-Source https://www.ucd.ie/itservices/ourservices/communicationcollaboration/officeproductivity/aiservices/ snapshot 40425943bcda56e968a1fcea211cd37437fba861ef09c01a95a7df8739abf960
15-Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:11:43.896Z
29+Source https://www.ucd.ie/itservices/ourservices/communicationcollaboration/officeproductivity/aiservices/ snapshot decb4f56287f79ae7c346a85bea10b96aa12836bcfe17e49bac094fbd13fce2a
30+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:11:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

Policy text0Newly extracted5Source snapshots1Source text0

University College Dublin public-release-20260715-005 diff

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

+17-2
11 # University College Dublin 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: Gecko AI chatbot pilots is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.
5+Evidence (en, decb4f56287f): The UCD IT Services page lists active, DPIA-completed Gecko chatbot pilots for student support, wellbeing, research-resourcing and collaborative research, coordinated through the AI Governance Strategy sandbox.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:07:43.896Z
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: Google Gemini is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
10+Evidence (en, decb4f56287f): UCD IT Services says Gemini is available to UCD staff and students through UCD Google Workspace/UCD Connect, and lists Gemini among licensed UCD tools operating under University governance.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:08:43.896Z
612 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
713 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
14+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft Copilot Chat is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
15+Evidence (en, decb4f56287f): UCD IT Services says its software is procured under University governance and enabled only after privacy/security review. UCD staff and students may access Copilot Chat through UCD Connect Work or School accounts; the page lists Microsoft Copilot among licensed UCD tools.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:09:43.896Z
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: Google NotebookLM is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
20+Evidence (en, decb4f56287f): UCD IT Services says NotebookLM is available to UCD staff and students through UCD Google Workspace licences, and lists NotebookLM among licensed UCD tools operating under University governance.
21+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:10:43.896Z
1022 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
1123 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
24+ai_tool_treatment: Zoom AI Companion is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.
25+Evidence (en, decb4f56287f): UCD Zoom accounts can use AI meeting summaries, but the host or co-host must turn the optional feature on for each meeting.
26+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:11:43.896Z
1227 ## Source snapshot hash changed
1328 The same source URL has a different snapshot hash. This may reflect policy text, page layout, navigation, or metadata changes; it is not by itself a policy change.
14-Source https://www.ucd.ie/itservices/ourservices/communicationcollaboration/officeproductivity/aiservices/ snapshot 40425943bcda56e968a1fcea211cd37437fba861ef09c01a95a7df8739abf960
15-Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:11:43.896Z
29+Source https://www.ucd.ie/itservices/ourservices/communicationcollaboration/officeproductivity/aiservices/ snapshot decb4f56287f79ae7c346a85bea10b96aa12836bcfe17e49bac094fbd13fce2a
30+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T01:11:43.896Z

Claim changes

11 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

Zoom AI Companion is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

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ai_tool_treatment

Google NotebookLM is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft Copilot Chat is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

Google Gemini is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

Gecko AI chatbot pilots is listed for University College Dublin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

UCD Library guidance for the UCD community advises users to disclose generative AI use in academic work, follow school citation style, keep records of AI interactions, and fact-check AI-generated information.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence88%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

UCD Teaching and Learning assessment guidance advises educators to be transparent with students about permitted AI use and to apply more robust approaches for high-stakes graded assessments.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

UCD's Academic Integrity Policy says AI-generated content may not be submitted without explicit permission and attribution, and that generative AI outputs must be used critically, ethically, cited, and acknowledged.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

privacy

UCD guidance directs staff and students toward institutionally supported AI tools that meet University privacy and IT security standards, and warns against entering personal data into external or non-UCD licensed tools.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%Evidence2Languagesen

teaching

UCD's faculty AI guidelines say a module descriptor must clearly state whether student AI use is permissible in the module and under what conditions.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%Evidence1Languagesen

other

University College Dublin publishes University Management Team-approved AI Governance Principles for institutional AI use, including human oversight, fairness, transparency, compliance, ethical design, AI literacy, stakeholder engagement, and risk assessment.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%Evidence1Languagesen

Source snapshots

7 source attributions

Using AI - Artificial Intelligence - LibGuides at UCD Library

official_guidance Tracker checked at May 14, 2026, 12:42 PM

Snapshot hash
f9ae0cef0a2248752b60abea01a890a992b551b9178422ce334cec1df0857bb4