Cape Town, South Africa

University of Cape Town

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage6 reviewedEvidence-backed claims6Reviewed6Candidate0Official sources5Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/university-of-cape-town.json

Policy profile

Coverage score100/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence82%

Policy presence

University of Cape Town has 1 source-backed public claim for policy presence; deterministic analysis status: unclear.

UnclearMachine candidateConfidence83%Evidence1Sources1

AI disclosure

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

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence83%Evidence1Sources1

Academic integrity

University of Cape Town has 1 source-backed public claim for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: restricted.

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence82%Evidence1Sources1

Approved tools

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

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence82%Evidence1Sources1

Named AI services

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

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence83%Evidence1Sources1

Security and procurement

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

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence82%Evidence1Sources1

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

6 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Teaching

UCT has published an AI in Education Framework for teaching, learning, and assessment, endorsed by the Senate Teaching and Learning Committee in June 2025, and it frames AI literacies, assessment integrity, and AI-enabled innovation as its roadmap.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Original evidence

Evidence 1
UCT has developed the UCT Framework for AI in Education: Generative and other AI in Teaching, Learning and Assessment.

Privacy

UCT advises administrative and support staff to treat AI inputs as public and not share personal, confidential, or UCT intellectual property with publicly available AI tools.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Treat AI inputs as public: never share personal, confidential, or UCT intellectual property with publicly available AI tools.

Research

UCT's EiRC research guideline says researchers should use generative AI tools in the context of UCT policies and disclose AI use with a disclaimer or explanatory note describing where and how it was used.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Researchers should use generative AI tools in the context of UCT policies.

Original evidence

Evidence 2
The UCT Senate Ethics in Research Committee (EiRC) has shared updated guidelines and recommendations for the responsible use of generative AI tools in research, that include an appendix which outlines a variety of possible use-cases in the research life cycle, with corresponding risk-rated activities.

Academic Integrity

UCT says AI detection tools remain unreliable and that their use is not supported at UCT.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Original evidence

Evidence 1
AI detection tools remain unreliable and their use is not supported at UCT.

Security Review

Before procuring generative AI tools, UCT staff or departments should consult ICTS and the tools must undergo information security and privacy risk assessment.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Before procuring generative AI tools, staff or departments should consult with ICTS. All third-party AI tools must undergo an information security and privacy risk assessment.

Teaching

UCT CILT publishes open-access AI guides for staff, students, and researchers, and also offers interactive AI guides on Amathuba for UCT staff and students.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Original evidence

Evidence 1
To support UCT staff and students to navigate GenAI in education, we have developed comprehensive guides accessible to anyone interested in understanding and engaging with GenAI responsibly.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

5 source attribution

Change log

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