The following MSU-specifics should be used to inform your decisions on Generative Artifical Intelligence (GenAI)...
Overall guidance: We collectively share the responsibility to uphold intellectual honesty and scholarly integrity. These are core principles that may be compromised by the misuse of GenAI tools, particularly when GenAI-generated content is presented as original, human-created work.
Permitted uses in Teaching & Learning: Instructors are expected to establish a course-specific guidance that defines the appropriate and inappropriate use of GenAI tools.
- Students may only use GenAI tools to support their coursework in ways explicitly permitted by the instructor.
Non-permissible uses:
- Do not Use GenAI to deliberately fabricate, falsify, impersonate, or mislead, unless explicitly approved for instruction or research in a controlled environment.
- Do not Record or process sensitive, confidential, or regulated information with
non-MSU GenAI tools. - Do not Enter FERPA-protected student records, PII, PHI, financial, or HR data into unapproved tools; comply with MSU’s data policy and all regulations.
- Do not Use export-controlled data or CUI with GenAI tools unless approved for MSU’s Regulated Research Enclave (RRE).
Also consider article "How to Cite AI" as you engage in your course-level rule decisions.
