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University of Maryland, College Park

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Change summary

Current public record freshness and review state.

University of Maryland, College Park currently has 12 source-backed claim records and 6 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 16, 2026. Latest tracker diff: 0 comparable policy-text changes, 1 newly extracted claims, 0 source snapshot changes.

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Diff categories

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Combined release diff

Unified tracker diff generated from all public release snapshots for this university.

University of Maryland, College Park combined release diff

Comparing public-release-20260714-002 to public-release-20260715-005.

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11 # University of Maryland, College Park AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: TerpAI is listed for University of Maryland, College Park in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.
5+Evidence (en, fd7608e13c3b): The University of Maryland has launched TerpAI, a new UMD-owned chatbot powered by OpenAI and available to all UMD students, faculty and staff. It is one of several GenAI services provided by the Division of Information Technology.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T02:57:43.896Z
47 ## Source attribution added
58 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
9+Source https://today.umd.edu/briefs/umd-owned-generative-ai-tool-launched-guidelines-for-ai-use-issued snapshot fd7608e13c3b872f977b045fbb95005aa67345f73dba6e1243a3573b9f80845b
10+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T02:57:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

Policy text0Newly extracted1Source snapshots0Source text0

University of Maryland, College Park public-release-20260715-005 diff

Comparing public-release-20260714-002 to public-release-20260715-005.

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11 # University of Maryland, College Park AI policy diff
22 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
33 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
4+ai_tool_treatment: TerpAI is listed for University of Maryland, College Park in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.
5+Evidence (en, fd7608e13c3b): The University of Maryland has launched TerpAI, a new UMD-owned chatbot powered by OpenAI and available to all UMD students, faculty and staff. It is one of several GenAI services provided by the Division of Information Technology.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T02:57:43.896Z
47 ## Source attribution added
58 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
9+Source https://today.umd.edu/briefs/umd-owned-generative-ai-tool-launched-guidelines-for-ai-use-issued snapshot fd7608e13c3b872f977b045fbb95005aa67345f73dba6e1243a3573b9f80845b
10+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-16T02:57:43.896Z

Claim changes

12 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

TerpAI is listed for University of Maryland, College Park in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: not specified.

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ai_tool_treatment

UMD publishes GenAI guidelines that apply to faculty, staff, students, and affiliates using GenAI tools in academic, research, or administrative activities.

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academic_integrity

For coursework, UMD tells students to assume GenAI use for assignments and assessments is not allowed unless the syllabus or assignment instructions specify otherwise.

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research

UMD guidance tells researchers not to input federal, state, or UMD data into externally sourced GenAI tools and not to upload unpublished research data or other confidential information into tools that have not undergone proper review.

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privacy

For administrative work, UMD guidance says administrative staff should not input non-public institutional data into externally sourced GenAI platforms and faculty or staff should not put moderate-risk Level 2 or higher data into public external GenAI platforms.

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teaching

UMD strongly encourages instructors to establish course-specific policies defining appropriate and inappropriate GenAI use.

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academic_integrity

UMD's Division of Academic Affairs advises against incorporating GenAI detection tools into course policies and says detection results should be treated only as potential indicators, not definitive proof or the sole basis for grading decisions.

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procurement

UMD guidance says individuals intending to use UMD credentials to access or purchase products with GenAI functionality should contact the Division of IT before signing up, including for free or open-source products.

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security_review

UMD's AI services page lists DIT AI services and states that listed DIT tools have gone through SRM review and are approved for university community members to use.

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security_review

UMD's AI software page identifies a list of software with AI capabilities approved by DIT Security and Compliance.

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teaching

UMD's TLTC guidance encourages instructors to communicate expectations for AI-based tools and to assess privacy/security risks, including using UMD-approved tools when possible.

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teaching

UMD's TLTC sample syllabus page gives instructors non-binding example AI course-policy language spanning prohibited, limited, and broad AI use, with citation or attribution expectations where applicable.

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Source snapshots

6 source attributions

Available Services

official_guidance Tracker checked at May 15, 2026, 1:08 PM

Snapshot hash
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Software

official_guidance Tracker checked at May 15, 2026, 1:08 PM

Snapshot hash
535d56159ee0de4186808478de964be4bd1987207a94a210f770302978b6f9b7