College Park, United States

University of Maryland, College Park

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Ai Tool Treatment

TerpAI is listed for University of Maryland, College Park in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: {"tool":"institutional_ai_service","rawToolName":"TerpAI","description":"TerpAI is a UMD-owned chatbot powered by OpenAI and provided by the Division of Information Technology.","howToObtain":"Use the UMD service as a student, faculty member, or staff member.","costToUser":"Not specified by the cited source.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"not_specified"}

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The University of Maryland has launched TerpAI, a new UMD-owned chatbot powered by OpenAI and available to all UMD students, faculty and staff. It is one of several GenAI services provided by the Division of Information Technology.

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The University of Maryland has launched TerpAI, a new UMD-owned chatbot powered by OpenAI and available to all UMD students, faculty and staff. It is one of several GenAI services provided by the Division of Information Technology.

Ai Tool Treatment

UMD publishes GenAI guidelines that apply to faculty, staff, students, and affiliates using GenAI tools in academic, research, or administrative activities.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: university-wide_genai_guidelines

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These guidelines apply to all UMD faculty, staff, students, and affiliates using GenAI tools and technologies in academic, research, or administrative activities.

Academic Integrity

For coursework, UMD tells students to assume GenAI use for assignments and assessments is not allowed unless the syllabus or assignment instructions specify otherwise.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: students_assume_disallowed_unless_specified

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Students should assume that the use of GenAI tools to complete course assignments and assessments is not allowed unless otherwise specified in the course syllabus or assignment/assessment instructions.

Onderzoek

UMD guidance tells researchers not to input federal, state, or UMD data into externally sourced GenAI tools and not to upload unpublished research data or other confidential information into tools that have not undergone proper review.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: external_genai_research_data_restriction

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Researchers should not input federal, state, or UMD data into externally sourced GenAI tools due to the high risk of exposing sensitive information to public or open-source domains.

Privacy

For administrative work, UMD guidance says administrative staff should not input non-public institutional data into externally sourced GenAI platforms and faculty or staff should not put moderate-risk Level 2 or higher data into public external GenAI platforms.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: administrative_external_genai_data_restriction

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Administrative staff should not input any institutional data that is not publicly available into externally sourced platforms (free or paid) using GenAI tools.

Onderwijs

UMD strongly encourages instructors to establish course-specific policies defining appropriate and inappropriate GenAI use.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: course_specific_policy_encouraged

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Instructors are strongly encouraged to establish a course-specific policy that defines the appropriate and inappropriate use of GenAI tools.

Academic Integrity

UMD's Division of Academic Affairs advises against incorporating GenAI detection tools into course policies and says detection results should be treated only as potential indicators, not definitive proof or the sole basis for grading decisions.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: ai_detection_not_definitive_proof

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The Division of Academic Affairs advises against incorporating GenAI detection tools into course policies. Results from GenAI detection tools should be treated only as potential indicators of misconduct, not definitive proof.

Inkoop

UMD guidance says individuals intending to use UMD credentials to access or purchase products with GenAI functionality should contact the Division of IT before signing up, including for free or open-source products.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: dit_contact_before_genai_tool_signup

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Individuals intending to use UMD credentials to access or purchase products or tools with GenAI functionality should contact the Division of IT at [email protected] before signing up.

Security Review

UMD's AI services page lists DIT AI services and states that listed DIT tools have gone through SRM review and are approved for university community members to use.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: dit_ai_services_srm_reviewed

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All software that will be used with university data or for educational activities must go through the university's Software Risk Management (SRM) review process.

Security Review

UMD's AI software page identifies a list of software with AI capabilities approved by DIT Security and Compliance.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: ai_capable_software_dit_security_compliance

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The following is a list of software with AI capabilities approved by DIT Security and Compliance. For a complete list of software approved for use, visit the Software Catalog.

Onderwijs

UMD's TLTC guidance encourages instructors to communicate expectations for AI-based tools and to assess privacy/security risks, including using UMD-approved tools when possible.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: tltc_instructor_ai_expectations_and_risk

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Speak openly and frequently with your students about your expectations for technology use - specifically, for AI-based tools.

Onderwijs

UMD's TLTC sample syllabus page gives instructors non-binding example AI course-policy language spanning prohibited, limited, and broad AI use, with citation or attribution expectations where applicable.

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Genormaliseerde waarde: sample_syllabus_language_non_binding

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The University of Maryland strongly encourages instructors to establish a course-specific policy that defines the appropriate and inappropriate use of Generative AI (GenAI) tools.

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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "University of Maryland, College Park AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/university-of-maryland-college-park

Original university source language remains canonical. This tracker is not an official university statement.

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