Guidelines for the use of AI in exams and written submissions

Before you start writing your assignment, you should familiarise yourself with UiA’s guidelines on the use of AI in exam answers and written assignments.

Artificial intelligence may be used in the same way as other aids in assignments where all aids are permitted, unless specific guidelines have been issued for the subject, the examination or the assignment.

AI tools may be used to support the work process. However, your answer must be your own independent work and provide a basis for assessing your knowledge and skills. If you use AI tools whilst working on an answer, you must state which tools you have used and what they were used for. You must not present AI-generated text, code, analyses, images or other content as your own work. Failure to provide information, or providing misleading information, regarding the use of AI, or using AI in a manner that does not comply with the guidelines for examinations or written assignments, may be regarded as cheating, cf. UiA’s rules on source referencing and plagiarism. You must also avoid sharing sensitive data or personal information, and it is recommended that you use AI tools approved by UiA.   

When you submit your answer, you must state which AI tools you have used and for what purposes. You should do this by providing a statement. AI tools used for parts of the work other than the writing process must be declared in accordance with the course’s requirements for academic methodology. 

• For a larger written assignment (such as a bachelor's, master's or R&D thesis), it may be appropriate to include a more comprehensive text as part of the methodology section. Examples can be found below.
• If the answer paper does not consist of a continuous text or does not contain a methodology section, the statement can be shorter. Examples can be found below.
• It is important that you disclose all use of AI in your statement, including when you use AI in connection with text you have written yourself, or other forms of work you submit that you have primarily produced yourself (videos, podcasts, programming, etc.).

Independently produced text

You are responsible for the text you submit, from the initial idea to the finished product.

• You can for example use AI for idea generation and topic selection, as an aid to create an outline or as a brainstorming partner
• You may use appropriate AI tools to assist with your literature review; however, AI is not in itself an academic source and should therefore not be listed in the bibliography
• You can use AI to proofread and check the spelling of your independently produced text
• When using generative AI, it is your responsibility to ensure that the information you receive is accurate and that any sources are genuine and relevant to your work

Statement

• In your submission, you must explain which AI tools you have used and for what purposes. You must assess for yourself which tools are suitable for the various purposes.
• In longer assignments, the statement may be included in the introduction or methods section. In shorter assignments or answers that do not form a continuous text, you can add your statement wherever you feel it is appropriate.

Here are some examples of how to write the statement, depending on the type of assignment and how you have used AI tools:

Master's thesis:

GPT UiO (5 mini) was used to draw up a project timetable and to suggest synonyms. I also used Scopus AI to find relevant search terms for use in Oria and processed data using GPT UiO (4o mini). The use of these AI tools is discussed in detail and critically assessed in the methodology section of this thesis.

Bachelor's thesis:

I have used the GPT-5 mini language model via GPT UiO to help me draw up an outline for my bachelor’s thesis. The same model was used to suggest initial drafts of the hypothesis and research questions, which I then revised myself.

I have used Scopus AI to search for literature for my bachelor’s thesis. Scopus has generated relevant search strings and suggested literature which I have used as a basis for further searches in other relevant databases.

Individual term paper:

In this assignment, I have used the GPT-4 Omni language model via GPT UiO to identify and correct grammatical errors, improve sentence structure, and obtain suggestions for synonyms to avoid repetition. The chatbot has not been used to generate academic content or formulate arguments on my behalf; all academic assessments and arguments are my own.

Use of images in the assignment:

In this thesis, I have used the AI models Midjourney and Microsoft Copilot to generate images for illustrative purposes. The images have not been used as part of the research material. All AI-generated images include an explanatory caption specifying which model and prompt were used in their generation.