Durham, United States

Duke University

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage8 reviewedEvidence-backed claims8Reviewed8Candidate0Official sources6Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/duke-university.json

Policy profile

Coverage score100/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence80%

AI disclosure

Duke University has 1 source-backed public claim for ai disclosure; deterministic analysis status: recommended.

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence78%Evidence1Sources1

Privacy and data entry

Duke University has 2 source-backed public claims for privacy and data entry; deterministic analysis status: restricted.

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence78%Evidence2Sources2

Academic integrity

Duke University has 2 source-backed public claims for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: conditionally_allowed.

Conditionally AllowedMachine candidateConfidence81%Evidence2Sources2

Research guidance

Duke University has 1 source-backed public claim for research guidance; deterministic analysis status: recommended.

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence78%Evidence1Sources1

Security and procurement

Duke University has 1 source-backed public claim for security and procurement; deterministic analysis status: restricted.

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence79%Evidence1Sources1

AI tools

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Evidence-backed claims

8 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Ai Tool Treatment

Duke student-facing AI guidance says whether a student may use AI in coursework depends on instructor permission; unauthorized generative AI use is considered academic misconduct under the Duke Community Standard.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Normalized value: Student AI use depends on instructor permission; unauthorized generative AI use is academic misconduct.

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The answer is: it depends! Per the Duke Community Standard, the unauthorized use of generative AI is considered academic misconduct. However, your instructor may permit or at times ask you to use generative AI in certain circumstances and assignments.

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Duke student AI use depends on instructor permission and the Duke Community Standard.

Academic Integrity

Duke Community Standard academic-dishonesty guidance includes unauthorized use of artificial intelligence software among examples of cheating-related conduct.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: Unauthorized AI software use is listed in Duke academic-dishonesty guidance.

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Cheating is the act of wrongfully using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information, study aids, or the ideas or work of another. It includes, but is not limited to: using, consulting, and/or maintaining unauthorized shared resources including, but not limited to, test banks, solutions materials and/or unauthorized use of artificial intelligence (AI) software

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Duke academic-dishonesty guidance explicitly includes unauthorized AI software use.

Ai Tool Treatment

Duke states that it offers a suite of secure and accessible AI platforms to students, staff, and faculty.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: Duke offers a suite of secure and accessible AI platforms for students, staff, and faculty.

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Duke University offers a suite of secure and accessible AI platforms to students, staff, and faculty. Whether you are involved in AI research and development, or want to learn how to start using AI to power your work, Duke is here to help.

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Duke provides an AI tools suite for students, staff, and faculty.

Teaching

Duke CTL guidance tells instructors to update syllabi with clear guidance on generative AI use and says instructors may define how, if, and when generative AI may be used in their courses.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: Instructors should provide clear syllabus guidance and define permitted AI use.

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Under the Duke Community Standard, unauthorized use of generative AI is treated as cheating. This means you have the discretion to define how, if, and when generative AI may be used in your courses. All instructors should update their syllabi to include clear guidance on the use of generative AI in their courses.

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Duke CTL advises clear syllabus guidance for generative AI use.

Security Review

Duke AI tool guidance describes ChatGPT as available to Duke University faculty, staff, and students, with sensitive-data use excluding PHI and governed by institutional agreement.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: Duke ChatGPT guidance allows sensitive data excluding PHI under institutional agreement.

Original evidence

Evidence 1
ChatGPT is designed for a broad audience and can be used for general chatbot tasks to streamline your workflow. This includes answering questions, writing, editing, and synthesizing data and ideas. Duke University faculty, staff, and students. Prepaid licenses are provided at no cost to all undergraduate students, as well as faculty, staff, and graduate students in participating units. All other Duke users can purchase a license at a significantly discounted rate. Sensitive (no PHI), (governed by institutional agreement).

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Duke labels ChatGPT for sensitive data without PHI under an institutional agreement.

Teaching

Duke CTL assignment-design guidance says AI assignments should be accompanied by course and assignment-specific AI policies, with the primary consideration being whether AI use helps students achieve course learning goals.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%

Normalized value: AI assignments should have course and assignment-specific AI policies aligned with learning goals.

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Note, it is critical to develop AI policies for your course along with policies for specific AI assignments. In the development of AI assignments, the primary consideration is whether the use of AI will help your students achieve the learning goals of the course.

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Duke CTL recommends course and assignment-specific AI policies aligned with course learning goals.

Research

Duke research guidance says researchers should document and publish AI decision-making alongside research and should not cite chatbot-summarized information they have not authenticated.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%

Normalized value: Researchers should document AI decision-making and authenticate chatbot-summarized information before citing it.

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Do document and publish your decision-making alongside your research. Don’ts Don’t cite information found or summarized by a chatbot that you haven’t authenticated. Don’t use AI tools that collect, store, or train on user data. Check a tool’s privacy policy; if you’re not sure, contact the tool’s creator.

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Duke research guidance emphasizes documentation, authentication, and privacy checks.

Privacy

Duke CTL assignment-design guidance advises that personal information should not be shared when using AI in assignments, to minimize privacy threats to students and instructors.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%

Normalized value: Personal information should not be shared with AI tools in assignment contexts.

Original evidence

Evidence 1
There are ethical issues to using AI beyond questions of plagiarism, copyright and academic integrity that should be considered. First, to minimize threats to the privacy of your students and yourself, personal information should not be shared.

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Duke CTL warns against sharing personal information in AI assignment use.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

6 source attribution

AI Tools and Resources

ai.duke.edu

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Change log

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