Use of Artificial Intelligence in Submissions

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All individual written student work must be independent. You can use AI to support your work, but not as a replacement. In submissions, you must explain how you use AI.

Permitted use of AI

Get suggestions for topics, issues, hypotheses, and research questions
Develop outlines/assignment structure
Conduct literature searches
Visualize: Create figures, tables, images, and similar
Analyze interviews: Transcribe interviews and extract key points
Analyze data: AI can help interpret and analyze quantitative and qualitative data, including statistical analyses and pattern identification
Proofreading: Correct grammatical errors, improve sentence structure, and get suggestions for synonyms

Although AI can be a useful tool, it is important to remember that it is not infallible. You must always review the work yourself and are responsible for the final result.

Prohibited or incorrect use of AI

You cannot use AI as a source
Information in AI-generated texts can be inaccurate, lack necessary nuances, or be directly incorrect. Therefore, you cannot rely on AI for apparent factual claims. It is also very difficult to trace where the information in an AI text actually comes from. Sometimes AI will refer to the wrong source. If you adopt references from AI, you risk referring to the wrong author or text. Using AI as a source alongside articles and books from subject literature is therefore a bad idea. If you use AI text as a source, the examiner will consider this as weak source criticism.
You cannot use AI tools to write entire paragraphs or chapters. The text must be your own. Submitting a text that is wholly or partially produced by AI without indicating this correctly is considered plagiarism.

How to declare AI use

You must explain your AI use in a separate AI declaration. In addition, it may be appropriate to explain the use in the submission itself. Think that it should be easy for the teacher or examiner to understand how you have used AI.

You must also submit the declaration even if you have not used AI.

In the AI declaration

Along with the exam, you must submit a declaration explaining your use of AI. The form is placed after the bibliography in the same file as the submission itself. You can find examples of how to do this in the form.

This declaration should contain information on which AI tools were used, and in some cases, which questions were asked. If texts are copied directly from an AI tool, this must be clearly marked in the assignment text itself.

You can find this form here:

AI Declaration form

It is also included at the back of the assignment template on this page:

Submission guidelines

Here are some examples of what an AI declaration text might look like:

Example 1:
I used Microsoft Copilot to create suggestions for the problem statement for my assignment. The problem statement I ended up with was initially suggested by Copilot, but during the work, I further developed it myself. I also used Copilot to structure the assignment by suggesting an outline and for proofreading the assignment.

Example 2:
I used Scopus AI in literature searches for my bachelor's thesis. Scopus generated relevant search strings and suggested literature that I then used as a basis for further searches in other relevant databases. I also used Copilot to visualize my data by creating figures and tables that clarified the results.

Example 3:
In my R&D assignment, I researched the use of teaching plans suggested by AI. Since this is a central part of the assignment, it is described more thoroughly in the methodology chapter (see pages 6-9). Since my assignment is about AI, text written by AI is copied from an AI tool directly into the submission in several places. This is marked in the text. Text copied from AI is also placed in a separate text box to distinguish it from other text

In the submission

If you are unsure whether your use is clear enough only from the AI declaration, you should add explanations during the submission itself. You can do this, for example, in a footnote or in parentheses directly in the text. If texts are copied from an AI tool, this must be clearly marked as AI-generated text in the submission itself. One way to do this is to set the AI-generated text in italics in an indented paragraph or in a separate text box. You should also make it clear by, for example, writing right before that the following paragraph is directly taken from AI.

In a larger written work (e.g., bachelor's, master's, or R&D assignment), it may be natural to have a more comprehensive text included in the methodology section. Consult your supervisor about this.

You should not refer to AI as if it were a source in the usual sense. When you usually refer to a source, it is so that the reader of your text can find what you are referring to. This is not possible with AI-generated text, as it is unique each time you ask the AI tool. Therefore, it should not be included in, for example, the bibliography.

Recommended AI tools and personal information

All students at MF have access to Microsoft Copilot for web as part of the Microsoft package at MF.

Since MF has a data processing agreement with Microsoft, the security level is higher than with other AI tools. However, this only applies to your MF account, so make sure you are logged into it!

Nevertheless, be cautious about what type of information you choose to upload, regardless of which service you use. You should not upload anything that is above the yellow level.