Change log

University of Texas at Austin

Release-to-release tracker diff history with separate policy-text, newly-extracted claim, evidence, and source snapshot categories.

Change summary

Current public record freshness and review state.

University of Texas at Austin currently has 17 source-backed claim records and 7 official source attributions. Latest tracked changed date: Jul 15, 2026. Latest tracker diff: 0 comparable policy-text changes, 6 newly extracted claims, 0 source snapshot changes.

This page combines all public release diffs for University of Texas at Austin. Individual release snapshots remain available from their release-specific URLs.

This tracker is not legal advice, not academic integrity advice, and not an official university statement unless a linked source is the university's own official page.

Newly extracted claims are tracker additions and are not necessarily newly published by the university. Source snapshot changes show hash changes for the same source URL and are not by themselves policy changes.

Diff categories

Semantic classification for this release diff.

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Combined release diff

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

University of Texas at Austin combined release diff

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

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11 # University of Texas at Austin 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: ChatGPT EDU is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
5+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): Enterprise Technology's AI Studio lists OpenAI ChatGPT EDU as free for UT Austin students, faculty, and staff and directs users to create or access the account by signing in with their UT EID email address.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:29:43.896Z
47 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
58 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
9+ai_tool_treatment: Anthropic Claude EDU is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
10+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): Enterprise Technology lists Anthropic Claude EDU as free for UT Austin students, faculty, and staff and directs users to create or access the account by signing in with their UT EID email address; paid license tiers are separately available.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:30:43.896Z
612 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
713 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
14+ai_tool_treatment: Google Gemini is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
15+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): Enterprise Technology lists Google Gemini as free for UT Austin students, faculty, and staff, approved only for published or non-sensitive data, with access through the user's UT Google Mail account.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:31:43.896Z
817 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
918 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
19+ai_tool_treatment: UT Sage is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
20+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): UT Austin lists UT Sage as free for students and faculty, approved under UT compliance and security guidelines, and describes it as a purpose-built in-house AI tutor platform developed by the University and designed to integrate directly with Canvas.
21+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:32:43.896Z
1022 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
1123 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
24+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
25+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): Enterprise Technology lists Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat as free for UT Austin students, faculty, and staff, approved under UT compliance and security guidelines, with access by signing in through the UT Microsoft 365 account.
26+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:33:43.896Z
1227 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
1328 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
29+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft 365 Copilot is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
30+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): Enterprise Technology lists Microsoft 365 Copilot as paid for faculty and staff. Faculty and staff can request a premium license through UT Austin's ServiceNow service catalogue for the product integrated with their Microsoft 365 environment.
31+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:34:43.896Z
1432 ## Source attribution added
1533 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
34+Source https://tech.utexas.edu/services-tools/ai snapshot 2b26d29b904110209f6923912ec941b19e4393e67b4186c83992de2f14ef80fd
35+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:34:43.896Z

Release history

1 public release diff

public-release-20260715-005

Compared with public-release-20260714-002.

Policy text0Newly extracted6Source snapshots0Source text0

University of Texas at Austin public-release-20260715-005 diff

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

+20-0
11 # University of Texas at Austin 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: ChatGPT EDU is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
5+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): Enterprise Technology's AI Studio lists OpenAI ChatGPT EDU as free for UT Austin students, faculty, and staff and directs users to create or access the account by signing in with their UT EID email address.
6+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:29:43.896Z
47 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
58 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
9+ai_tool_treatment: Anthropic Claude EDU is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
10+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): Enterprise Technology lists Anthropic Claude EDU as free for UT Austin students, faculty, and staff and directs users to create or access the account by signing in with their UT EID email address; paid license tiers are separately available.
11+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:30:43.896Z
612 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
713 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
14+ai_tool_treatment: Google Gemini is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
15+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): Enterprise Technology lists Google Gemini as free for UT Austin students, faculty, and staff, approved only for published or non-sensitive data, with access through the user's UT Google Mail account.
16+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:31:43.896Z
817 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
918 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
19+ai_tool_treatment: UT Sage is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
20+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): UT Austin lists UT Sage as free for students and faculty, approved under UT compliance and security guidelines, and describes it as a purpose-built in-house AI tutor platform developed by the University and designed to integrate directly with Canvas.
21+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:32:43.896Z
1022 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
1123 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
24+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.
25+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): Enterprise Technology lists Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat as free for UT Austin students, faculty, and staff, approved under UT compliance and security guidelines, with access by signing in through the UT Microsoft 365 account.
26+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:33:43.896Z
1227 ## Newly extracted tracker claim
1328 This claim was newly extracted or newly promoted in the tracker release. It is not necessarily newly published by the university.
29+ai_tool_treatment: Microsoft 365 Copilot is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.
30+Evidence (en, 2b26d29b9041): Enterprise Technology lists Microsoft 365 Copilot as paid for faculty and staff. Faculty and staff can request a premium license through UT Austin's ServiceNow service catalogue for the product integrated with their Microsoft 365 environment.
31+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:34:43.896Z
1432 ## Source attribution added
1533 An official source attribution was added to the tracker record.
34+Source https://tech.utexas.edu/services-tools/ai snapshot 2b26d29b904110209f6923912ec941b19e4393e67b4186c83992de2f14ef80fd
35+Tracker checked at: 2026-07-15T22:34:43.896Z

Claim changes

17 claim records

ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft 365 Copilot is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: conditionally allowed. Derived endorsement type: institutionally licensed or procured.

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ai_tool_treatment

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

UT Sage is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

Google Gemini is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

Anthropic Claude EDU is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

ai_tool_treatment

ChatGPT EDU is listed for University of Texas at Austin in an official university AI tools source. Derived availability: allowed. Derived endorsement type: officially endorsed.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%Evidence1Languagesen

privacy

UT Austin acceptable-use guidance says published university information may be used freely with AI tools, while controlled or confidential university information can be used only with university-managed AI tools covered by contracts that protect university data and disable web search functionality.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%Evidence1Languagesen

privacy

UT Austin acceptable-use guidance says unauthorized AI tools are not approved for controlled or confidential university information, including student records subject to FERPA, health information, proprietary information, and other controlled or confidential data.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%Evidence1Languagesen

procurement

UT Austin AI detection guidance prohibits third-party AI detection software from being used to evaluate student work or assignments unless a university contract or purchase order is in place.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%Evidence1Languagesen

security_review

UT Austin acceptable-use guidance says the CISO must review AI tools before procurement, development, deployment, or use when the tools are intended to autonomously make, or be a controlling factor in making, consequential decisions.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%Evidence1Languagesen

teaching

UT Austin responsible-adoption guidance defines responsible AI use in teaching and learning as adopting AI in ways that facilitate learning outcomes and foster human development for campus community members.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%Evidence1Languagesen

privacy

UT Austin AI detection guidance says submitting student work into AI detection or other third-party software without a university contract or purchase order may violate student copyright, intellectual property, or FERPA privacy rights.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

UT Austin responsible-adoption guidance includes academic integrity as a principle for AI use, linking responsible use to the honor code, scholarly values, ownership, and appropriate authorship of tool outputs.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%Evidence1Languagesen

research

UT Austin graduate-education recommendations state that graduate students and mentors must use only vetted, university-contracted generative AI platforms for work involving non-public research data.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%Evidence1Languagesen

academic_integrity

UT Austin CTL teaching-policy guidance says using generative AI tools to create course-assignment responses in a way the instructor does not accept may be considered academic dishonesty by the university.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%Evidence1Languagesen

teaching

UT Austin classroom guidance recommends that instructors requiring generative AI understand and abide by UT acceptable-use guidance, identify syllabus policies clearly, and submit specific software requirements through the University Co-Op.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%Evidence1Languagesen

research

UT Austin graduate-education recommendations say students should remain accountable as the sole intellectual author of milestone work and should never cite AI as an author.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%Evidence1Languagesen

Source snapshots

7 source attributions

Acceptable Use of Generative AI Tools | UT Austin Information Security Office

official_guidance Tracker checked at May 13, 2026, 1:54 AM

Snapshot hash
f65f66948048f0c455452d6d095d831a0fe2b04c8b543234f058f86af5ddd094

AI | Enterprise Technology

official_guidance Tracker checked at Jul 15, 2026, 10:34 PM

Snapshot hash
2b26d29b904110209f6923912ec941b19e4393e67b4186c83992de2f14ef80fd