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American University of Beirut (AUB)

RankingQS World University Rankings 2026: =237UpdatedMay 15, 2026

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Privacy

AUB's research GenAI guidance says confidential data must not be shared with AI systems unless appropriate data protection agreements support that sharing.

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Confidential data must not be shared with AI systems unless supported by appropriate data protection agreements.
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English (en)
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Guiding Principles: Privacy and Confidentiality

Research

AUB's research GenAI guidance says researchers must document when, how, and which AI tools are used, including their influence on research and dissemination.

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Normalized value: document-when-how-which-ai-tools-used

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Original evidence

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Researchers must document when, how and which AI tools are used, along with their influence on the research and dissemination process
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Guiding Principles: Transparency and Attribution

Research

Under AUB's research GenAI guidance, researchers remain responsible and accountable for AI use, and human oversight must guide critical research decisions and interpretations.

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Original evidence

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Researchers are fully responsible and accountable for the use of AI in research, ensuring that AI tools do not replace human judgment.
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Guiding Principles: Accountability and responsibility

Security Review

For research data management and security, AUB's guidance limits GenAI use to secure AUB servers or approved encrypted clouds and directs sensitive research data away from public GenAI APIs.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%

Normalized value: secure-aub-servers-approved-encrypted-clouds-not-public-genai-apis

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Research involving sensitive data (patient, financial, political) must use secure in-house or approved private AI systems, not public GenAI APIs.
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Opportunities and Safe Guards: Data Management and Security

Research

AUB has issued initial guidelines on responsible use of generative AI in research, not a general student or teaching policy in this staged evidence set.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%

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Original evidence

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this document offers initial guidelines on the responsible usage of GenAI in research
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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "American University of Beirut (AUB) AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked May 15, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/american-university-of-beirut

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