Can I use Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted technologies in my thesis?
The Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences expects PhD students to demonstrate independent work, using their own words and phrases to communicate their research. Both in the thesis itself, in scientific publications and in other forms of communication.
The policy of the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences is that AI-assisted technologies should be used with caution as described in the Vancouver guidelines chapter 2 section 41. This means that if you use AI-assisted technologies in your thesis it must be clearly disclosed and described how it was used. The AI-assisted technology cannot be listed as an author and therefore you are solely responsible for the accuracy, integrity, and originality of the work.
Be aware that using AI-assisted technologies comes at a risk since you as the author might not know how the AI-assisted technologies will mix and reuse the input data, and you, the author, should be able to assert that there is no plagiarism or copyright infringement in the output text.
More guidance and inspiration on the use of AI-assisted technologies in research can be found on the website of CEUR Workshop proceedings, more specifically here: CEUR-WS Policy on AI assisting tools.
AI-assisted technologies such as Large Language Models and image creators are constantly and quickly evolving and have the potential to function as a tool for researchers.
The University of Copenhagen therefore reserves the right to revise this position as new university, national and international policies and guidelines develop in the future.