CDS Generative AI Assistance Policy Media Coverage
Leaning on the expertise of faculty and the discipline's fundamental openness to embrace generative AI, in March 2023, Boston University’s Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences took the groundbreaking step to adopt a student-initiated policy called Generative AI Assistance (GAIA) Policy. This policy is one of the first higher education policies for the use of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in the classroom. The following represents media coverage specific to CDS "Learn to Think after ChatGPT" town hall and the creation and adoption of the GAIA policy.
BU Today: BU Forms AI Task Force
BU Today: Student-Designed Policy on Use of Generative AI Adopted by CDS Faculty
CDS News: CDS Adopts Generative AI Assistance Policy
Reddit AMA/BU Experts: A Campus with ChatGPT: The Ethics Behind AI Text Generation in Education
WHDH 7 News: Seeing Potential Learning Tool, Boston University Academic Unit Outlines Policies for Student Use of AI
New England Council: BU Announces Guidelines for AI in Classrooms
Daily Free Press: Center for Computing and Data Sciences Announces New Policy Regarding AI
WGBH: Forum Network: Beauty or The Beast: The True Cost of ChatGPT
Boston Globe [subscription required]: Months After ChatGPT's Noisy Debut, Colleges Take Differing Approaches to Dealing with AI
WBZ Radio: Boston University Creates Guidelines For Using Chatbots In Classroom
Boston Globe: BU Creates Standards for Chatbots in the Classroom
Inside Higher Ed: GPT-4 Is Here. But Most Faculty Lack AI Policies.
Boston Business Journal: Academic Unit at BU Adopts Guidelines for Use of Generative AI
Health Matters Podcast: Interview with Professor Wesley Wildman: The Power of AI
The Crux Podcast: The Ethics of Using Generative AI
Reddit I/AMA: Reddit I/AmA with CDS Prof. Wesley Wildman
BU Today: Why ChatGPT Is Both Exciting and Unsettling for Students, Faculty