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Generative AI : Tools and Policies
Guidance and resources for AI chatbots and other types of Generative AI

Campus Policies and Statements
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AI at work: A practical guide to using UW’s tools safelyGuidance from UW–Madison Information Technology on campus licensed AI tools and approved uses.
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Statement on Use of Generative AIStatement from UW–Madison Chief Information Security Officer Jeffrey Savoy addressing appropriate use of generative AI for UW–Madison faculty, staff, students and affiliates.
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Generative AI @ UW–Madison: use & policiesThis page outlines existing policies governing what you may and may not do when using generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools and services. These policies safeguard institutional data, which everyone in the university is legally and ethically obligated to protect. All university faculty, staff, students and affiliates must follow these policies.
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AI has opened the door to a new world. What it looks like is up to us.Message from UW-Madison Vice Provost for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer Lois Brooks
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Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards: Generative Artificial IntelligenceConsiderations for maintaining academic integrity when using generative AI.
Generative AI Tools
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Access generative AI tools at UW–MadisonUW–Madison has vetted and secured contracts for the some generative AI services such as: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, Google Gemini, NotebookLM, as well as Zoom and Webex AI assistants. These tools are available university-wide for free and provide higher data security and privacy protection than public services.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) characteristics of trustworthy AIFor uses of generative AI that are not prohibited by campus policy, UW–Madison faculty, staff, students and affiliates can help protect themselves and others by choosing tools and services that exhibit the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) characteristics of trustworthy AI.
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Ithaka S+R Generative AI Product TrackerRegularly updated list of generative AI products that are marketed toward students and faculty in higher education for teaching, learning, and research.