Hi y'all, I know that not everyone's involved in the open education space so this may not be broadly interesting, but I thought I'd share it here in case anyone's curious:
My organization runs OER Commons, and this past Friday we published some guidelines we've been using as we evaluate submissions to OER Commons when we know/believe AI was used to create them. You can read the shorter announcement here (or the longer explanation & rationale here), but the highlights are as follows:
Starting August 1, 2026 we expect all users to:
- Disclose or attribute AI when it has been used in the creation of the resource they're submitting;
- Avoid submitting tools or websites created through wholesale use of AI that lack meaningful and verifiable human attribution; and,
- Review and edit any AI-created content thoroughly before submitting it for consideration.
Really, #1 is the main change: we'll require users to add their own attribution. Up to now, my staff and I have been adding AI disclosures whenever we can as we review resources when they're submitted. As for #2 and #3, we've actually been requiring them for a while (as they line up with the expectations in our
collection policy already) but we're mentioning those explicitly now for transparency's sake, and so that people have a fuller understanding of our approach.
Happy to field any questions, and always curious to see how others are implementing policy or guidelines related to AI in your own institutions!
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Peter Musser
Chair, ALA Core IG for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Libraries
Head, Library Services
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