Worcester, United States

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Reviewed claims

4 reviewed claims

Ai Tool Treatment

Zoom AI Companion is listed for Worcester Polytechnic Institute in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: {"tool":"zoom_ai_companion","rawToolName":"Zoom AI Companion","description":"Worcester Polytechnic Institute provides or institutionally supports Zoom AI Companion.","howToObtain":"Enable the option in a WPI Zoom account.","costToUser":"No individual price is stated.","availability":"allowed","endorsementType":"institutionally_licensed_or_procured"}

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Zoom AI Companion options are available to all WPI Zoom accounts

Localized display only

Zoom AI Companion options are available to all WPI Zoom accounts

Academic Integrity

WPI's academic-integrity page defines cheating to include using unauthorized study aids, materials, information, or assistance in academic activity or assessment, and defines plagiarism to include using another's words, ideas, assertions, data, creative works, or graphics without proper attribution.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: unauthorized_assistance_and_attribution_policy

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Cheating: Attempting to use or intentionally using unauthorized study aids, materials, information, or assistance in any academic activity or assessment. ... Plagiarism: Using words, ideas, assertions, data, creative works, or graphics of another without proper attribution in any academic activity.

Teaching

WPI Library guidance says users should be transparent about AI-tool use and cite AI tools when they use them to gather information, write or edit text, generate media, synthesize ideas, or clean or manipulate data.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

Normalized value: transparent_ai_use_and_citation_guidance

Original evidence

Evidence 1
In general, you should always be transparent about your use of AI tools. Since AI tools cannot be considered an author ... they are generally considered a collaborator. Cite AI tools when they are used to: Gather information; Write text or generate media; Edit text; Synthesize ideas or find connections; "Clean" or manipulate data.

Ai Tool Treatment

WPI Library guidance states that WPI professors have broad discretion over whether, how, and when students may use ChatGPT or other generative-AI content in assignments and projects, and students should check with their professor for expectations.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence88%

Normalized value: instructor_discretion

Original evidence

Evidence 1
At WPI professors have broad discretion and many valid perspectives on whether, how, and when students can use ChatGPT or other content produced by generative artificial intelligence in assignments and projects.

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Citation: University AI Policy Tracker. "Worcester Polytechnic Institute AI Policy Tracker record." Last checked July 19, 2026. https://eduaipolicy.org/universities/worcester-polytechnic-institute

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