Washington D.C., United States

American University

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage5 reviewedEvidence-backed claims5Reviewed5Candidate0Official sources3Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/american-university.json

Policy profile

Coverage score100/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence79%

Academic integrity

American University has 1 source-backed public claim for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: conditionally_allowed.

Conditionally AllowedMachine candidateConfidence80%Evidence1Sources1

Approved tools

American University has 1 source-backed public claim for approved tools; deterministic analysis status: restricted.

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence81%Evidence1Sources1

Named AI services

American University has 1 source-backed public claim for named ai services; deterministic analysis status: restricted.

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence81%Evidence1Sources1

Security and procurement

No source-backed public claim about AI security review or procurement is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about security review, procurement, vendor approval, risk assessment, authentication, SSO, or enterprise licensing.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

AI tools

Derived tool records0

No tool-level evidence is published for this record yet. Broad AI tool mentions are not expanded into named tool conclusions.

Evidence-backed claims

5 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Privacy

American University guidance says not to enter sensitive, Confidential, or Official Use data into an AI platform unless approved by a university official, and not to upload, input, or analyze university data in an AI tool that OIT has not approved.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: sensitive_data_requires_approval_and_oit_tool_approval

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Do not enter any sensitive data, or Confidential or Official Use data (as defined in the university Data Classification Policy) in an AI platform, unless approved by a university official.

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AU tells users not to enter sensitive, Confidential, or Official Use data in AI platforms unless a university official approves.

Academic Integrity

American University guidance says students are responsible for course AI policies in syllabi, and misuse of AI or use without permission or disclosure may constitute an Academic Integrity Code violation.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: unauthorized_or_undisclosed_ai_may_violate_academic_integrity_code

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Misuse of AI or use of AI without permission or disclosure may constitute a violation of the Academic Integrity Code.

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AU says misuse of AI, or AI use without permission or disclosure, may constitute an Academic Integrity Code violation.

Original evidence

Evidence 2
Students are not permitted to use unauthorized materials on an exam - this includes the use of generative AI tools for any purpose without explicit permission.

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OAI guidance treats unauthorized generative-AI use on exams as unauthorized material use unless explicitly permitted.

Source Status

American University publishes responsible-use guidance for AI tools that applies general principles of transparency, accountability, human oversight, data protection, privacy, teaching, research, staff, and student use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: current_responsible_use_guidance

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The following guidance outlines acceptable practices for utilizing AI tools while safeguarding institutional, personal, and proprietary information.

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AU frames this page as guidance for acceptable AI use while protecting institutional, personal, and proprietary information.

Research

American University research guidance says researchers should be transparent about AI use, verify AI-generated content against trusted sources, protect data privacy, and not list AI systems as co-authors.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%

Normalized value: research_ai_disclosure_accuracy_privacy_no_ai_coauthor

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Be transparent about the use of AI in your research. Clearly track and, where appropriate, disclose when, how, and which AI tools (including versions) are used, whether for data analysis, content generation, or writing assistance.

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AU research guidance calls for transparent tracking and appropriate disclosure of AI use in research.

Teaching

American University guidance places AI-use expectations at the course level: syllabi should state whether AI use is prohibited or permitted, and the CFE page says AU does not currently regulate faculty and student use of generative AI through a single university-wide rule.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%

Normalized value: course_level_ai_expectations

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Course syllabi should clearly state policies and expectations about the use of AI, whether prohibited or permitted.

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AU says course syllabi should clearly state whether AI is prohibited or permitted.

Original evidence

Evidence 2
American University does not currently regulate how faculty and students can or cannot use generative artificial intelligence (AI) through large language models (LLMs) such as Copilot, Perplexity, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude.

Localized display only

The CFE page says AU does not currently regulate faculty and student generative-AI use through a single university-wide rule.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

3 source attribution

Change log

Last checkedMay 17, 2026Last changedMay 17, 2026Open change log

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