Guidance

Highly capable Generative AI (GenAI) tools are now widely available and have been integrated into virtually all desktop and mobile applications.  Free chatbot access to frontier AI models is enabled for the entire BU community through TerrierGPT. Chatbots are the tip of the iceberg.  Students, faculty, and staff are using GenAI and agentic AI across the entire spectrum of academic and administrative activities, including writing, coding, teaching, research, and in all forms of digital communication.  To this end, AIDA has issued the following updated guidelines to support members of our community as they navigate AI use.

We also very much welcome your feedback on these guidelines!

Updated November 2026.  AI was not used in producing these guidelines.