Change log

York University

Release-to-release tracker diff history with separate policy-text, newly-extracted claim, evidence, and source snapshot categories.

Change summary

Current public record freshness and review state.

York University currently has 11 source-backed claim records and 6 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 16, 2026. Latest tracker diff: 0 comparable policy-text changes, 5 newly extracted claims, 0 source snapshot changes.

This page combines all public release diffs for York University. 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

Semantic classification for this release diff.

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Combined release diff

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

York University combined release diff

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

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11 # York University 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: GitHub Copilot is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: not mentioned. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
5+Evidence (en, e8d488540f0f): Only use AI tools featured below that have been sanctioned by York and approved for secure use. GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant that helps developers write code faster and more efficiently.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T05:28:43.896Z
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: YU AURA is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: not mentioned. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
10+Evidence (en, e8d488540f0f): Only use AI tools featured below that have been sanctioned by York and approved for secure use. York University's Automated University Response Assistant (YU AURA) is a platform that empowers you to build custom AI solutions.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T05:29:43.896Z
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: Microsoft Copilot is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
15+Evidence (en, e8d488540f0f): Only use AI tools featured below that have been sanctioned by York and approved for secure use. Visit copilot.cloud.microsoft.com and sign in with your Passport York ID to get access and Enterprise data protection.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T05:30:43.896Z
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: Microsoft Copilot Premium is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
20+Evidence (en, e8d488540f0f): Only use AI tools featured below that have been sanctioned by York and approved for secure use. Submit Copilot Premium license requests to [email protected]. The premium Microsoft 365 Copilot license costs $290.43 CAD per user per financial year.
21+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T05:31:43.896Z
1022 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
1123 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
24+ai_tool_treatment: Zoom AI Companion is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
25+Evidence (en, e8d488540f0f): Zoom AI Companion is now available for use across the university and has been approved for use with York University content. Zoom AI Companion features are available but must be manually enabled before they can be used.
26+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T05:32:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

Policy text0Newly extracted5Source snapshots0Source text0

York University public-release-20260715-005 diff

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

+15-0
11 # York University 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: GitHub Copilot is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: not mentioned. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
5+Evidence (en, e8d488540f0f): Only use AI tools featured below that have been sanctioned by York and approved for secure use. GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered coding assistant that helps developers write code faster and more efficiently.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T05:28:43.896Z
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: YU AURA is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: not mentioned. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
10+Evidence (en, e8d488540f0f): Only use AI tools featured below that have been sanctioned by York and approved for secure use. York University's Automated University Response Assistant (YU AURA) is a platform that empowers you to build custom AI solutions.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T05:29:43.896Z
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: Microsoft Copilot is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
15+Evidence (en, e8d488540f0f): Only use AI tools featured below that have been sanctioned by York and approved for secure use. Visit copilot.cloud.microsoft.com and sign in with your Passport York ID to get access and Enterprise data protection.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T05:30:43.896Z
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: Microsoft Copilot Premium is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
20+Evidence (en, e8d488540f0f): Only use AI tools featured below that have been sanctioned by York and approved for secure use. Submit Copilot Premium license requests to [email protected]. The premium Microsoft 365 Copilot license costs $290.43 CAD per user per financial year.
21+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T05:31:43.896Z
1022 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
1123 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
24+ai_tool_treatment: Zoom AI Companion is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
25+Evidence (en, e8d488540f0f): Zoom AI Companion is now available for use across the university and has been approved for use with York University content. Zoom AI Companion features are available but must be manually enabled before they can be used.
26+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T05:32:43.896Z

Claim changes

11 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

Zoom AI Companion is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft Copilot Premium is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft Copilot is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

YU AURA is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: not mentioned. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

GitHub Copilot is listed for York University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: not mentioned. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

teaching

York's faculty GenAI teaching guidance says York does not currently recommend GenAI detection tools and notes it is not recommended to upload student work to an external GenAI or detector.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%Evidence1Languagesen-CA

academic_integrity

York's Academic Integrity guidance says students must follow instructor expectations for AI use, acknowledge AI-tool use, and seek clarification if unsure.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%Evidence1Languagesen-US

privacy

York's administrative AI chatbot and meeting-assistant guidelines state that only approved AI meeting assistants can be used for internal York virtual meetings, and meeting participants must be notified and consent before use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%Evidence1Languagesen-CA

ai_tool_treatment

York UIT directs faculty and staff to use only AI tools sanctioned by York and approved for secure use; its AI page identifies Zoom AI Companion as approved for use with York University content.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%Evidence1Languagesen-CA

privacy

York UIT states that York University data must not be entered into public AI platforms such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, or similar services.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%Evidence1Languagesen-CA

security_review

York University's administrative and operational use guidelines state that staff GenAI use is subject to management approval and that use cases requiring oversight should be reviewed before use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%Evidence1Languagesen-CA

Source snapshots

6 source attributions