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UMass Amherst Provost guidance advises faculty to communicate their AI tool policy to students and, when AI tools are permitted, tell students how use should be documented or disclosed.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
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11 # University of Massachusetts Amherst AI policy record
2+academic_integrity: UMass Amherst's Academic Integrity Policy includes attempted or intentional use of unauthorized materials, including generative AI tools, in its cheating definition unless the instructor explicitly permits the use.
3+Evidence (en, 26076e6487ec): Cheating: Intentional or attempted use of trickery, artifice, deception, breach of confidence, fraud, or misrepresentation of one's academic work as well as intentional or attempted use of unauthorized materials, including generative AI tools, assistance, collaboration, information, or study aids in any academic exercise (unless explicitly permitted by instructor).
4+ai_tool_treatment: UMass Amherst guidance says students cannot use generative AI to complete academic work without instructor permission, and should assume use is not allowed when explicit permission has not been given.
5+Evidence (en, 768289b202ba): Students cannot use Generative AI (chatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, etc.) to complete any academic work without instructor permission.
6+academic_integrity: UMass Amherst's Academic Integrity Policy includes knowingly representing the words, ideas, art, or creative works of generative AI tools as one's own work in its plagiarism definition.
7+Evidence (en, 26076e6487ec): Plagiarism: Knowingly representing the words, ideas, art, and/or creative works of another, including generative AI tools, as one's own work in any academic exercise.
8+privacy: UMass Amherst guidance warns users not to enter personal information, copyrighted material, or protected information about others into generative AI tools.
9+Evidence (en, e3d83d1f847a): Don’t enter personal information, copyrighted text, images, or video, and don’t enter protected information about others.
10+teaching: UMass Amherst Provost guidance advises faculty to communicate their AI tool policy to students and, when AI tools are permitted, tell students how use should be documented or disclosed.
11+Evidence (en, 381612b6fa23): Communicate your policy on AI tool use to your students: Absent a statement in the syllabus, students are advised to check with their instructor about using generative AI tools in your class.
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privacy
UMass Amherst guidance warns users not to enter personal information, copyrighted material, or protected information about others into generative AI tools.
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academic_integrity
UMass Amherst's Academic Integrity Policy includes knowingly representing the words, ideas, art, or creative works of generative AI tools as one's own work in its plagiarism definition.
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academic_integrity
UMass Amherst's Academic Integrity Policy includes attempted or intentional use of unauthorized materials, including generative AI tools, in its cheating definition unless the instructor explicitly permits the use.
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ai_tool_treatment
UMass Amherst guidance says students cannot use generative AI to complete academic work without instructor permission, and should assume use is not allowed when explicit permission has not been given.
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4 source attributions
Academic Integrity Policy : Faculty Senate : UMass Amherst
official_policy_page Tracker checked at May 16, 2026, 2:14 AM
AI at UMass : AI at UMass : UMass Amherst
official_guidance Tracker checked at May 16, 2026, 2:15 AM
Guidance on Generative Artificial Intelligence : Undergraduate Student Success Center : UMass Amherst
official_guidance Tracker checked at May 16, 2026, 2:14 AM
Responsible Use of Generative AI : Office of the Provost : UMass Amherst
official_guidance Tracker checked at May 16, 2026, 2:15 AM