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Review: Agent reviewedLast checkedJul 16, 2026Last changedJul 16, 2026Claims9Sources3Latest releasepublic-release-20260715-005Release records1
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Change summary

Current public record freshness and review state.

University of Cologne currently has 9 source-backed claim records and 3 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 16, 2026. Latest tracker diff: 0 comparable policy-text changes, 4 newly extracted claims, 0 source snapshot changes.

This page combines all public release diffs for University of Cologne. 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

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Policy text0Newly extracted4Evidence0Source snapshots0Source text0Source added1Source removed0

Combined release diff

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

University of Cologne combined release diff

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

+14-0
11 # University of Cologne 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: Anthropic models via KI:Connect is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
5+Evidence (de, 4f5d95fb59f0): Kommerzielle Modelle via KI:Connect: General Purpose AIs, die über Rahmenvertrags-Lizenzen beschafft und der Universität zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Anbieter u.a.: OpenAI (kommerzielle Version), Anthropic und Google. Die Nutzung wird streng limitiert; absehbar sind alle Beschäftigten berechtigt, zur Zeit läuft ein Pilotbetrieb mit ausgewählten Benutzer:innen.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:56:43.896Z
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 models via KI:Connect is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
10+Evidence (de, 4f5d95fb59f0): Kommerzielle Modelle via KI:Connect: General Purpose AIs, die über Rahmenvertrags-Lizenzen beschafft und der Universität zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Anbieter u.a.: OpenAI (kommerzielle Version), Anthropic und Google. Die Nutzung wird streng limitiert; absehbar sind alle Beschäftigten berechtigt, zur Zeit läuft ein Pilotbetrieb mit ausgewählten Benutzer:innen.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:57:43.896Z
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: KI:Connect / KI-Inferenz.nrw (formerly OSKI.nrw) is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: self hosted system.
15+Evidence (de, 4f5d95fb59f0): KI-Inferenz.nrw (ehemals OSKI.nrw) wird über das Partnerprojekt KI:Connect von allen Beschäftigten niedrigschwellig genutzt. Die Sprachmodelle werden angepasst, ausgewertet und erforscht und auf lokaler (HPC-)Hardware an der UzK betrieben; der Zugang ist für Vertraulichkeitsklassen „intern“ und „vertraulich“ freigegeben.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:58:43.896Z
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: OpenAI commercial models via KI:Connect is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
20+Evidence (de, 4f5d95fb59f0): Kommerzielle Modelle via KI:Connect: General Purpose AIs, die über Rahmenvertrags-Lizenzen beschafft und der Universität zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Anbieter u.a.: OpenAI (kommerzielle Version), Anthropic und Google. Die Nutzung wird streng limitiert; absehbar sind alle Beschäftigten berechtigt, zur Zeit läuft ein Pilotbetrieb mit ausgewählten Benutzer:innen.
21+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:59:43.896Z
1022 ## Source attribution added
1123 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
24+Source https://itcc.uni-koeln.de/services/software/kuenstliche-intelligenz/ki-whitelist snapshot 4f5d95fb59f0978c2fcf24fe737f83c2ce1e2c0f88996a3bbec0906e221045f1
25+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:59:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

Policy text0Newly extracted4Source snapshots0Source text0
Release diffDiff JSON

University of Cologne public-release-20260715-005 diff

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

+14-0
11 # University of Cologne 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: Anthropic models via KI:Connect is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
5+Evidence (de, 4f5d95fb59f0): Kommerzielle Modelle via KI:Connect: General Purpose AIs, die über Rahmenvertrags-Lizenzen beschafft und der Universität zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Anbieter u.a.: OpenAI (kommerzielle Version), Anthropic und Google. Die Nutzung wird streng limitiert; absehbar sind alle Beschäftigten berechtigt, zur Zeit läuft ein Pilotbetrieb mit ausgewählten Benutzer:innen.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:56:43.896Z
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 models via KI:Connect is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
10+Evidence (de, 4f5d95fb59f0): Kommerzielle Modelle via KI:Connect: General Purpose AIs, die über Rahmenvertrags-Lizenzen beschafft und der Universität zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Anbieter u.a.: OpenAI (kommerzielle Version), Anthropic und Google. Die Nutzung wird streng limitiert; absehbar sind alle Beschäftigten berechtigt, zur Zeit läuft ein Pilotbetrieb mit ausgewählten Benutzer:innen.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:57:43.896Z
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: KI:Connect / KI-Inferenz.nrw (formerly OSKI.nrw) is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: self hosted system.
15+Evidence (de, 4f5d95fb59f0): KI-Inferenz.nrw (ehemals OSKI.nrw) wird über das Partnerprojekt KI:Connect von allen Beschäftigten niedrigschwellig genutzt. Die Sprachmodelle werden angepasst, ausgewertet und erforscht und auf lokaler (HPC-)Hardware an der UzK betrieben; der Zugang ist für Vertraulichkeitsklassen „intern“ und „vertraulich“ freigegeben.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:58:43.896Z
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: OpenAI commercial models via KI:Connect is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
20+Evidence (de, 4f5d95fb59f0): Kommerzielle Modelle via KI:Connect: General Purpose AIs, die über Rahmenvertrags-Lizenzen beschafft und der Universität zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Anbieter u.a.: OpenAI (kommerzielle Version), Anthropic und Google. Die Nutzung wird streng limitiert; absehbar sind alle Beschäftigten berechtigt, zur Zeit läuft ein Pilotbetrieb mit ausgewählten Benutzer:innen.
21+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:59:43.896Z
1022 ## Source attribution added
1123 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
24+Source https://itcc.uni-koeln.de/services/software/kuenstliche-intelligenz/ki-whitelist snapshot 4f5d95fb59f0978c2fcf24fe737f83c2ce1e2c0f88996a3bbec0906e221045f1
25+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T03:59:43.896Z

Claim changes

9 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

OpenAI commercial models via KI:Connect is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesde

ai_tool_treatment

KI:Connect / KI-Inferenz.nrw (formerly OSKI.nrw) is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: self hosted system.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesde

ai_tool_treatment

Google models via KI:Connect is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesde

ai_tool_treatment

Anthropic models via KI:Connect is listed for University of Cologne in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesde

teaching

On its central teaching page, the University of Cologne says its current teaching-and-learning guidelines for generative AI are to address and explore AI-supported writing proactively and to use AI systems with maximum transparency.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence88%Evidence1Languagesde

academic_integrity

The University of Cologne Justitiariat says current AI text detector software is not sufficient evidence of deception by itself; additional circumstances are needed to prove a deception act.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%Evidence1Languagesde

academic_integrity

For term papers, theses, take-home exams, papers, and similar work, the University of Cologne Justitiariat says AI use is generally possible if independent work remains, and examiners may require disclosure of both the AI use and the related prompts depending on the use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%Evidence1Languagesde

ai_tool_treatment

The University of Cologne Justitiariat says AI use in examinations is not objectionable under examination law when the student still produces their own independent work.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%Evidence1Languagesde

academic_integrity

The University of Cologne Justitiariat says an exam or significant parts of an exam fully generated by AI are not an independent performance and are prohibited as deception.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%Evidence1Languagesde

Source snapshots

3 source attributions