Ashesi’s Policy on AI Use for Academic Work

Just as there are situations when teamwork is allowed, encouraged, or required for a given assignment in a given course at Ashesi, there may be situations in which collaboration with generative AI tools is allowed, encouraged, or even required.  If and when a faculty member explicitly allows the use of AI for a given course or assignment, students must declare when and how it was used, including all applicable prompts, in an addendum submitted with the assignment.  If students are not sure about whether a particular AI tool is allowed, as with any tool, they should ask their instructor for clarity and guidance. 

Unless explicitly allowed by a faculty member for a given course or assignment, students should not use generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Quillbot, Google Gemini, and others) for academic work.  Students who submit AI-generated content, in any form, as their own work for assessment are committing academic dishonesty. Unless collaboration is explicitly authorized, all academic work should be a result of your own efforts. Intellectual contributions from others or machines must be consistently and responsibly acknowledged.

Students must also cite any borrowed content sources to comply with all applicable citation guidelines and copyright law and avoid plagiarism. Thus, if students, when authorized, use generative AI directly in their submitted work, they should cite it. Students should also ensure any AI-generated citations are correct, as some generative AI tools are notorious for listing nonsensical, or “hallucinatory” citations.

As AI is a rapidly evolving technology, this policy governing its use in academic work will similarly evolve. Faculty and students are required to stay informed of updates to this policy and to ensure compliance with the most recent version.