Acceptable Use of Generative AI Tools Policy

The purpose of this policy is to ensure the ethical, responsible, and legal use of generative AI tools during Teens in AI events. Adherence to this policy helps maintain a safe, respectful, and conducive environment for all participants to learn, collaborate, and innovate.

Teens in AI is committed to creating a vibrant, safe, and inclusive space for young people to learn, experiment, and grow with AI. This policy supports our mission by ensuring that generative AI is used responsibly and ethically.

Ethical Conduct: Misrepresentation, including generating the content – including text, images, ideas and code – falsely attributed to real individuals or creating synthetic identities, is strictly prohibited without explicit consent. Generative AI must respect the rights and dignity of all individuals.

Content Creation: Participants must declare when generative AI has been used in their content creation including text, images, code, or conceptualisation of ideas. The use of generative AI to create content that is illegal, discriminatory, defamatory, or otherwise offensive is strictly forbidden.

Respectful Interaction: Generative AI must not facilitate harassment, bullying, intimidation, or discrimination. Any actions of this nature will be regarded as severe misconduct.

Confidentiality and Security: Sharing confidential or sensitive information with unauthorised parties, including external AI service providers, is prohibited. Any activity that could compromise the security or integrity of the event, including unauthorised access to data sets or systems, is forbidden.

Legal Compliance: Participants must comply with all applicable laws and regulations, including data protection and privacy laws, while using generative AI tools. Any activity using generative AI that violates such laws is prohibited.

Transparency: Wherever feasible, the use of generative AI should be clearly disclosed and labelled, allowing others to know when they are interacting with AI-generated content or predictions.

Responsible Innovation: Generative AI should be used responsibly and creatively, in line with the event’s goals of fostering innovation, collaboration, and learning.

Generative AI in Coding: Generative AI tools may be used for coding and software development, provided they are used responsibly, ethically, and in adherence with copyright and open-source licence agreements. Misuse of generative AI tools to generate harmful or malicious code, or to exploit vulnerabilities in other software or systems, is prohibited.

Intellectual Property Rights: All use of generative AI tools must respect the intellectual property rights of others. The unauthorised use of copyrighted material or proprietary technology in the creation or deployment of generative AI tools or models is strictly prohibited.

Policy Compliance: Compliance with this policy is required during the event. Any breach may lead to disqualification from the event and potential further action.

Policy Changes: This policy may be updated periodically to address new ethical, social, and technological challenges. Participants are expected to keep themselves updated with the latest version of the policy.

AI Governance: For any questions or concerns about the use of generative AI during the event, please contact the event organisers or Teens in AI.

Published: June 2023