Guidelines for use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in exams and student assignments

for all content you submit, regardless of whether you used AI or not. AI should support, not replace, your understanding, knowledge, and skills. Use AI as a tool, not as a substitute for your own writing, reading, and thinking. Your submissions must be your own work and demonstrate your knowledge.

in your answers or assignments. Exceptions may apply if you are explicitly demonstrating what an AI tool produces. In such cases, AI-generated text must be clearly marked.

AI-generated text may contain errors, omissions, or misleading information. Always verify the content against reliable sources and critically evaluate the information, message, and phrasing of AI-generated text. Be particularly cautious, as chatbots may produce fabricated or irrelevant sources. If you use generative AI for literature searches and creating citations, you must carefully ensure the quality of the results. Check Kildekompasset.no to see how the citations should be formatted.

if you use AI. Describe where and how you have used AI and specify which AI tools you have used. If you use AI in a larger written assignment (e.g., semester papers, bachelor's, master's, or research project assignments), you should include a more detailed explanation of how AI was used and how it influenced your work.

You must never input sensitive information, personal data, confidential details, or copyrighted material into open AI tools. USN recommends using Sikt KI-chat that ensure privacy and data security.

Use AI to suggest problem statements, explore and develop themes, ideas, arguments, and perspectives for discussion.

 Get help creating outlines, organising content, and structuring your text.

AI is not, in itself, an academic source and should not be included in the reference list. However, you must describe how AI was used for literature review.

AI tools can help you explore texts and suggest additional literature. However, literature searches should not rely solely on AI.

 Use AI to refine your text, but remember that AI can make errors or suggest unusual or incorrect wording. Always ensure the quality of the final text. USN recommends not directly using AI-edited text but instead using it as a basis for revising your own writing. The text must remain your own.

AI can assist in translating text to or from other languages. Be diligent in verifying the accuracy of the translation.

It is not permissible to submit entirely or partially AI-generated text without clearly marking it in the text and explaining how it was used. Remember, you must be the author of the text you submit.

It is prohibited to use AI to generate or disseminate false information, such as asking AI to create sources for your written work.

All use of AI must be documented. If you use text, images, code, or other content generated by AI, you must specify and describe it (e.g., the prompt used).

Do not input personal data (e.g., names, addresses), confidential information, company details, copyrighted material, or sensitive content into AI. USN recommends using Sikt KI-chat, as this tool is developed for universities and university colleges and prioritises privacy and data security.

1. Use of AI has become an integral part of my work process. I used Sikt KI-chat as a kind of discussion partner during a period when my work came to a standstill. It helped me verify my understanding of academic concepts, such as thematic analysis, suggested relevant academic books and appropriate theories, and provided guidance on potential next steps. When starting the discussion section, I wanted to ensure that there was a connection between my findings and the theories I had chosen, or determine the best order to present them. I had to be mindful of how I formulated my questions, as it appeared possible to "prompt" the answer you wanted depending on the phrasing. I never used text directly from Sikt KI-chat in my assignment but was inspired by the connections it suggested, as in the examples mentioned.
2. I used the language model Sikt KI-chat to create a draft for my bachelor's thesis. I used Sikt KI-chat to suggest topics, problem statements, hypotheses, and research questions for the paper. I did not use Sikt KI-chat to write entire sections or chapters, only to generate suggestions that I reviewed and refined myself.
3. I used Sikt KI-chat for a literature search for my bachelor's thesis. Sikt KI-chat generated relevant search strings and suggested literature, which I used as a basis for further searches in other relevant databases.
4. In this assignment, I used the language model Sikt KI-chat to identify and correct grammatical errors, improve sentence structure, and suggest synonyms to avoid repetition. I did not use Sikt KI-chat to write entire sections or chapters, only to refine my own text.