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From Semester 1 2025, the default position in the University of Sydney Academic Integrity Policy has been reversed: except for supervised examinations and supervised in-semester tests, students may use automated writing tools or generative AI to complete assessments unless expressly prohibited by the unit coordinator.
The University of Sydney's Academic Integrity Policy 2022 states it is an academic integrity breach to inappropriately generate content using artificial intelligence to complete an assessment task, and submitting an assessment generated by AI may be considered contract cheating.
The University of Sydney Academic Integrity Policy 2022 states students may only use assistance, including automated writing tools, if the unit of study outline expressly permits it, and must acknowledge assistance provided when preparing submitted work.
The University of Sydney has adopted a 'two-lane approach' to assessment: Lane 1 comprises secure, in-person supervised assessments to assure learning, and Lane 2 comprises open assessments that support and scaffold the use of all available and relevant tools including generative AI.
University of Sydney guidance states that misusing generative AI can breach the Academic Integrity Policy 2022, with examples including using AI in assessments where prohibited, submitting AI-generated work without acknowledgment, and inputting University teaching materials or personal information into AI tools.
University of Sydney states that students who use AI in assessments are required to acknowledge it, including any tools that use generative AI such as translation tools, paraphrasing tools or referencing tools; failing to provide acknowledgement can lead to a breach of the Academic Integrity Policy 2022.
The University of Sydney's generative AI guardrails state that confidential, personal, proprietary, or otherwise sensitive information should not be entered into AI tools.
The University of Sydney provides all students free access to Microsoft Copilot for Web, and recommends using University-endorsed tools like Copilot with protected mode via UniKey login rather than public AI tools.
The University of Sydney advises that Turnitin's AI detection tool may be used if a marker suspects AI-generated work where its use was not permitted or not acknowledged, but the AI detector score would not be the only evidence relied upon for an academic integrity case.
The University of Sydney Assessment Procedures state that unit of study coordinators will specify if, and which, artificial intelligence tools are permitted for each assessment and how their use must be acknowledged.
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