Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Literature Searching

Before using AI tools for your academic work, make sure you are familiar with the University Guidance.
Do not rely on AI content as a key source and make sure you check the factual accuracy of content.
 

Key highlights:

• Your assessments are required to be solely your own work. They are a means for you to demonstrate what you have learned. Submitting work which is not your own is plagiarism and falsification i.e. cheating. Contact your module leader if you are unsure whether you are permitted to use any AI tools in your submission.
• AI writing tools work on a language prediction model; they cannot think for themselves. This means that the tool might write a very plausible answer with correct spelling and grammar and present it as a ‘fact’, but it may be untrue.
• There are a number of ethical issues with AI content generation tools, including bias and problematic labour practices.

Referencing AI content:

• See How to reference AI (artificial intelligence) tools. If you use AI-generated content in your academic work, be open and transparent about how you have used it.
• Do not rely on AI tools for shortcuts - It is part of your academic work to practice and develop keys skills like reading, writing and critically evaluating information.

See Artificial Intelligence Tools and your Learning for guidance about how you can use AI tools in your learning at Edinburgh Napier University. 

Please read the university guidance - Interim Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Data Protection Guidance.

You'll also find an overview of resources and links to guidance for staff at: Generative artificial intelligence in learning, teaching and assessment.​​​

Researchers
Be aware that publisher / funder guidance is constantly changing around the use of AI and you need to take responsibility for checking what use is appropriate. If you are either being funded or writing for publication, make sure you check individual funder/publisher guidelines.

The European Commission has developed guidelines around the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
Living guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research