Amherst, United States

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage5 reviewedEvidence-backed claims5Reviewed5Candidate0Official sources4Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/university-of-massachusetts-amherst.json

Policy profile

Coverage score100/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence78%

AI disclosure

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

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence77%Evidence1Sources1

Privacy and data entry

University of Massachusetts Amherst has 1 source-backed public claim for privacy and data entry; deterministic analysis status: recommended.

RecommendedMachine candidateConfidence77%Evidence1Sources1

Approved tools

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

RestrictedMachine candidateConfidence79%Evidence1Sources1

Research guidance

No source-backed public claim about research AI use is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about research use, publication ethics, research data, grants, or human-subjects compliance.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

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 records3

chatGPT

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tool
chatGPT
About
Not specified
Access
Not specified
Cost
Not specified
Availability
Blocked / restricted
Review
Agent reviewed
Sources

Copilot

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tool
Copilot
About
Not specified
Access
Not specified
Cost
Not specified
Availability
Blocked / restricted
Review
Agent reviewed
Sources

Gemini

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Tool
Gemini
About
Not specified
Access
Not specified
Cost
Not specified
Availability
Blocked / restricted
Review
Agent reviewed
Sources

Evidence-backed claims

5 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Academic Integrity

UMass Amherst's Academic Integrity Policy includes attempted or intentional use of unauthorized materials, including generative AI tools, in its cheating definition unless the instructor explicitly permits the use.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: unauthorized_genai_included_in_cheating_definition

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Cheating: Intentional or attempted use of trickery, artifice, deception, breach of confidence, fraud, or misrepresentation of one's academic work as well as intentional or attempted use of unauthorized materials, including generative AI tools, assistance, collaboration, information, or study aids in any academic exercise (unless explicitly permitted by instructor).

Ai Tool Treatment

UMass Amherst guidance says students cannot use generative AI to complete academic work without instructor permission, and should assume use is not allowed when explicit permission has not been given.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: instructor_permission_required_by_default

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Students cannot use Generative AI (chatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, etc.) to complete any academic work without instructor permission.

Academic Integrity

UMass Amherst's Academic Integrity Policy includes knowingly representing the words, ideas, art, or creative works of generative AI tools as one's own work in its plagiarism definition.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: genai_output_included_in_plagiarism_definition

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Plagiarism: Knowingly representing the words, ideas, art, and/or creative works of another, including generative AI tools, as one's own work in any academic exercise.

Privacy

UMass Amherst guidance warns users not to enter personal information, copyrighted material, or protected information about others into generative AI tools.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%

Normalized value: do_not_enter_personal_or_protected_data_into_genai

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Don’t enter personal information, copyrighted text, images, or video, and don’t enter protected information about others.

Teaching

UMass Amherst Provost guidance advises faculty to communicate their AI tool policy to students and, when AI tools are permitted, tell students how use should be documented or disclosed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

Normalized value: faculty_should_communicate_ai_use_and_disclosure_policy

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Communicate your policy on AI tool use to your students: Absent a statement in the syllabus, students are advised to check with their instructor about using generative AI tools in your class.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

4 source attribution

AI at UMass : AI at UMass : UMass Amherst

umass.edu

Snapshot hash
e3d83d1f847aae5c94a9f14370a629d0993be350c28fd102aa4bad34ca750ee7

Change log

Last checkedMay 16, 2026Last changedMay 16, 2026Open change log

Corrections

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