Community guidelines for using AI at UM

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Community guidelines for using AI at UM

Faculty, students and staff encouraged to explore responsibly

There are few aspects of our lives not impacted by artificial intelligence (AI). The technology’s rapid development and adoption have dramatically shifted how we live, work, teach and learn.

Because UM is a research-intensive university with learning as its central mission, it’s appropriate to explore the opportunities AI can offer. Our community can benefit in many ways, including enhancing teaching, accessibility, elevating research capacity, optimizing business processes and providing individualized student-centered learning. There are also risks that need consideration, including security, academic integrity, inaccurate or misleading information, resource use and bias towards systematically disadvantaged and marginalized groups.

In 2024, UM established a Committee on Artificial Intelligence to study these opportunities and risks, and then to develop guiding principles for exploration. The Committee reviewed guidelines and documentation from post-secondary institutions around the world before developing the principles listed below that are specific to UM.

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