Does Harvard provide any general guidelines for the community for using Generative AI (chatbots, etc)?

 

 

 

To date, Harvard has largely chosen to let this be a local decision at the University, but the Provost has issued a statement with some key reminders:

Guidelines for Using Chat GPT and Other Generative AI Tools

The Generative AI @ Harvard site has some guidance as well.

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