The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

CUHK's Enterprise AI Hub instructs users not to enter personal data, confidential information, restricted research data or other protected University information unless the specific service and use case have been approved for that data.

CUHK ITSC's Copilot Chat (Basic) guidance directs users to sign in with their CUHK account and check the enterprise data protection indicator. It says Microsoft will not use prompts to train its AI model and advises users not to enter personal or private information. Separately, the Enterprise AI Hub requires approval of the specific service and use case before protected University information is entered.

At CUHK, improper or unauthorized use of AI tools in learning activities and assessments constitutes academic dishonesty (including plagiarism or unauthorized third-party assistance) under Senate policy (effective from AY2025-26, updated July 2026), subject to penalties ranging from zero marks to demerits, suspension, or termination of studies, adjudicated by the course-offering faculty/college or the Faculty of Medicine Fitness to Practice (FTP) Committee.

Penalties for academic dishonesty involving AI tools at CUHK may include zero marks on the assessment, marking down of overall course grade, a demerit recorded on academic transcript, or course failure (e.g. assignments with VeriGuide AWD AI Index > 25% under Approach 2 in GECC3130/4130 may receive a failing grade), and for severe offences, suspension or termination of studies under Senate procedures (effective from AY2025-26, updated July 2026).

In General Education course GECC4130 (AY2026/27), students must submit a signed academic honesty declaration with each assignment confirming awareness of university regulations, and acknowledging that submissions may be investigated by AI content detection software (VeriGuide AWD). A university-wide declaration or prompt-logging rule has not been established in public evidence because the Student Guide to Academic Honesty remains restricted behind ADFS SSO; students follow individual course instructions.

CUHK's Enterprise AI Hub instructs users to verify important facts, sources, citations, calculations and generated outputs, and to follow course-level instructions on permitted use and acknowledgement.

CUHK's Generative AI API Portal provides controlled programmatic access to approved models and services. Access is by application, separately governed and subject to use-case and security review, with charges subject to an approved central quota or an eligible programme, course, project, research or unit funding source.

CUHK leaves pedagogical AI rules to course teacher discretion. For example, Chung Chi College General Education courses (GECC3130/4130, AY2026/27) adopt Approach 2 ('Use only with prior permission'), where GenAI is prohibited for drafting written assignments but permitted for spelling and grammar checking, subject to approval by the Senate Committee on General Education (university-wide full student guide rules remain unverified behind ADFS SSO).

CUHK Library and IT guidelines strictly forbid users from entering confidential, personal, research-sensitive, or proprietary institutional data into unapproved public AI platforms, and prohibit scraping or uploading university licensed digital library databases and electronic resources into external AI models.

CUHK Library's AI education and research guide links to 'Guidelines on the Responsible Use of AI for Research' in Schedule 11 of the Research Policy, marked as requiring login for CUHK staff and RPG students. This review has not retrieved that full text and does not establish its substantive research permissions or duties.

CUHK AI Chatbot for Learning Support is a legacy service scheduled for retirement on 31 January 2027; access is provided only to support the transition to the replacement services.

CUHK AI Chatbot for Teaching Support is a legacy service scheduled for retirement on 31 January 2027; access is provided only to support the transition to the replacement services.

Microsoft Copilot Chat (Basic) is centrally available to CUHK students and staff at no charge under the current Microsoft 365 licences, with CUHK institutional sign-in. CUHK ITSC describes protected chat data after login. This service availability does not establish permission to use AI in assessments.

Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) is officially endorsed for CUHK. Availability: conditionally_allowed. Centrally provisioned via automatic assignment for eligible Teaching Staff, Non-Teaching Terms A/HA staff with active appointment, and University Management; application or nomination for Part-Time Teaching Staff; departmental payment required for Terms B and additional licenses.

Microsoft Copilot Chat (Basic) is available to all CUHK students and staff at no charge under the University's current Microsoft 365 licences. CUHK ITSC guidance says that after CUHK login, chat data is protected and would not be stored by Microsoft; users sign in with their CUHK email and DUO authentication and should check the enterprise data protection indicator.

CUHK provides Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) with integration into Microsoft 365 applications and institutional context. It is centrally provisioned via automatic assignment for eligible Teaching Staff, Non-Teaching Terms A/HA staff with a current appointment, and University Management; Part-Time Teaching Staff may access via application or nomination; access beyond the amount paid centrally by CUHK (including Non-Teaching Terms B) must be paid by the Faculty, Department, unit or programme.