Durham, United States

Duke University

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Ai Tool Treatment

ChatGPT Edu is listed for Duke University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"chatgpt","rawToolName":"ChatGPT Edu","description":"Duke's institutionally managed ChatGPT Edu workspace, with prepaid and reduced-cost licence paths depending on affiliation.","howToObtain":"Order in Duke Software Manager, accept the workspace invitation, and sign in through Duke SSO using [email protected].","costToUser":"Prepaid for undergraduates and select units; reduced-cost licence for other community members; premium tiers require a fund code.","availability":"conditionally_allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

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Evidence 1
Duke OIT calls ChatGPT Edu an institutionally managed secure workspace. Undergraduates have unlimited access; listed faculty, staff and graduate units have no-cost access, while other community members may buy a reduced-cost licence. Setup requires Duke Software Manager, [email protected] and Duke SSO.

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Duke OIT calls ChatGPT Edu an institutionally managed secure workspace. Undergraduates have unlimited access; listed faculty, staff and graduate units have no-cost access, while other community members may buy a reduced-cost licence. Setup requires Duke Software Manager, [email protected] and Duke SSO.

Ai Tool Treatment

AI Gateway is listed for Duke University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"institutional_ai_service","rawToolName":"AI Gateway","description":"Duke OIT's secure API service for developers and advanced users to build AI-powered applications.","howToObtain":"Use the Duke AI Dashboard to obtain LiteLLM API keys.","costToUser":"Usage-based cost recovery.","availability":"conditionally_allowed","endorsementType":"officially_endorsed"}

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Evidence 1
Duke OIT's AI Suite says AI Gateway gives Duke developers and researchers LiteLLM API keys. Its service table limits the service to developers and advanced users and describes usage-based cost recovery and a secure API.

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Duke OIT's AI Suite says AI Gateway gives Duke developers and researchers LiteLLM API keys. Its service table limits the service to developers and advanced users and describes usage-based cost recovery and a secure API.

Ai Tool Treatment

DukeGPT is listed for Duke University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: self hosted system.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"institutional_ai_service","rawToolName":"DukeGPT","description":"Duke's campus-specific AI tool, hosted and managed by Duke OIT with on-prem AI models and Duke-private data handling.","howToObtain":"Access DukeGPT through the Duke AI Suite with a Duke account.","costToUser":"No cost for basic use.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"self_hosted_system"}

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Evidence 1
Duke OIT says DukeGPT is Duke's campus-specific AI tool, hosted and managed by Duke OIT, with on-prem AI models and data kept private within Duke systems. Its comparison table lists all Duke University users and no cost for basic use.

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Duke OIT says DukeGPT is Duke's campus-specific AI tool, hosted and managed by Duke OIT, with on-prem AI models and data kept private within Duke systems. Its comparison table lists all Duke University users and no cost for basic use.

Ai Tool Treatment

MyGPT Builder is listed for Duke University in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"institutional_ai_service","rawToolName":"MyGPT Builder","description":"Duke OIT's secure sandboxed environment for custom AI environments.","howToObtain":"Use the Duke AI Dashboard; access is for university faculty, researchers, and staff.","costToUser":"Cost recovery or usage-based pricing for some models.","availability":"conditionally_allowed","endorsementType":"officially_endorsed"}

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Evidence 1
Duke OIT's AI Suite describes MyGPT Builder as a secure sandboxed environment for custom AI environments. The service table limits it to university faculty, researchers and staff and states cost recovery or usage-based pricing for some models.

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Duke OIT's AI Suite describes MyGPT Builder as a secure sandboxed environment for custom AI environments. The service table limits it to university faculty, researchers and staff and states cost recovery or usage-based pricing for some models.

Ai Tool Treatment

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

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"microsoft_copilot","rawToolName":"Microsoft Copilot","description":"Duke OIT provides Microsoft Copilot at no cost to Duke students, faculty, and staff.","howToObtain":"Log in to Microsoft Copilot with a Duke NetID.","costToUser":"Free.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"officially_endorsed"}

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Duke OIT's AI Suite says Microsoft Copilot is available at no cost to students, faculty, and staff in the university and health system, with access through Microsoft Copilot login using NetID.

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Duke OIT's AI Suite says Microsoft Copilot is available at no cost to students, faculty, and staff in the university and health system, with access through Microsoft Copilot login using NetID.

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

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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.

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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "Duke University AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/duke-university

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