# The UA AI Rule That Already Binds > Your University of Alaska login has been bound by a mandatory AI rule since January 2025. Published 2026-09-17 by Alaska AI. 9 slides. Canonical: https://alaskaaihq.com/archive/2026-09-17/ ## The story THE MANDATORY AI RULE IS TWENTY MONTHS OLD IT REACHES EVERY USER OF UA COMPUTING RESOURCES subject employees to disciplinary action, up to and including termination "UA System regulations are currently under development." One page was restamped this January. The page that says no rules exist yet was not. Three classes. Three different answers about where a tool may take them. CONDITIONED, NOT BANNED Ben Shier, the university's Chief Information Technology THE RULE GOVERNS WHERE DATA GOES. THE ARGUMENT IS ABOUT LEARNING. THREE CAMPUSES. THEN YOUR SYLLABUS. Adoption and use are guided by individual university and department policies, currently under development. KTOO reported that Shier said the university currently can't control and track every usage of AI. About 85 percent of college students use generative AI in their coursework. THE RULE IN FORCE IS NOT REVIEWED UNTIL JANUARY 2027 KTOO reported that the regents reviewed a draft AI policy that would require all three campuses to develop AI plans, and that leadership plans to submit a finalized draft for approval at the November regents meeting. ## What we verified - The UA Generative AI Security Standard carries an effective date of January 2025. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-01-01. - The standard was approved in January 2025. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-01-01. - The standard was updated in March 2025 to include material from content area experts. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - The standard sets its next review for January 2027. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - Information Security and Assurance Standards are mandatory and apply to the UA System and all users of UA computing resources. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - The standard states that it supplements and supports Board of Regents Policy and Regulation R02.07. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - The standard cites Board of Regents Policy and Regulation R02.07.060 as the requirement to secure University Information Resources. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - Board of Regents chapter 02.07 is titled Information Resources. [University of Alaska Board of Regents](https://www.alaska.edu/bor/policy-regulations/index.php), primary document, 2026-09-17. - Systems that fail to abide by approved information security controls may face disconnection from the UA network. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - Violations may subject employees to disciplinary action up to and including termination. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - Violations may subject students to disciplinary action including expulsion. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - The standard defines Public data by reference to Board of Regents Regulation R02.07.093 as data that can be freely shared with the public. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - The standard describes Internal Use data as generally not available to parties outside the University of Alaska community. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - The standard describes Restricted data as subject to disclosure laws and warranting careful management and protection. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - The standard warns that sensitive information provided to generative AI can be stored on servers the University of Alaska does not control. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - The standard does not flatly forbid Internal or Restricted data from generative AI and instead requires such use to meet published requirements for data storage, computing environments and model deployment. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - The University GenAI Policies and Guidelines page carries a last updated stamp of 03/11/2025. [University of Alaska](https://www.alaska.edu/ai/policies/), primary document, 2025-03-11. - The University GenAI Policies and Guidelines page states that UA System regulations are currently under development. [University of Alaska](https://www.alaska.edu/ai/policies/), primary document, 2025-03-11. - The University GenAI Policies and Guidelines page says adoption and use of these tools are guided by individual university and department policies that are currently under development. [University of Alaska](https://www.alaska.edu/ai/policies/), primary document, 2025-03-11. - The main UA GenAI hub page carries a last updated stamp of 01/09/2026. [University of Alaska](https://www.alaska.edu/ai/), primary document, 2026-01-09. - UAA Chancellor Cheryl Siemers wrote that UAA is launching AI@UAA this fall. [University of Alaska Anchorage](https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2026/09/building-uaa-we-love.cshtml), primary document, 2026-09-10. - AI@UAA will be part of a new Leveraging Innovative Frameworks and Technologies Center, abbreviated LIFT. [University of Alaska Anchorage](https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2026/09/building-uaa-we-love.cshtml), primary document, 2026-09-10. - The UAA post announcing AI@UAA and the LIFT Center was written by Chancellor Cheryl Siemers and published on September 10th. [University of Alaska Anchorage](https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2026/09/building-uaa-we-love.cshtml), primary document, 2026-09-10. - UAF policy states that work created by an artificial intelligence engine is covered by the student code of conduct. [UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability](https://www.uaf.edu/orca/student-conduct/academic-misconduct.php), primary document, 2026-09-17. - UAF states that findings of responsibility will not be based solely on AI detection software at this time. [UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability](https://www.uaf.edu/orca/student-conduct/academic-misconduct.php), primary document, 2026-09-17. - UAS guidance tells instructors to avoid relying on AI detection tools alone because the tools have high error rates. [University of Alaska Southeast Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching](https://uas.alaska.edu/celt/knowledge-base/generative-ai-guidance.html), primary document, 2026-07-24. - UAS guidance tells instructors that the key is to clearly communicate their AI policies to students. [University of Alaska Southeast Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching](https://uas.alaska.edu/celt/knowledge-base/generative-ai-guidance.html), primary document, 2026-07-24. - UAF guidance tells faculty to clarify expectations for generative AI use up front in the syllabus. [UAF Center for Teaching and Learning](https://ctl.uaf.edu/ai-in-education/), primary document, 2026-09-17. - UAA's IT page directs users to the university's policies on data classification, information security and privacy when using AI. [UAA Information Technology Services](https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/about/administrative-services/departments/information-technology-services/ai-resources/), primary document, 2026-09-17. - KTOO reported on September 16th that the University of Alaska Board of Regents reviewed a draft artificial intelligence policy. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - According to KTOO the draft policy would require all three University of Alaska campuses to develop an AI plan covering students, faculty and staff. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - KTOO reported that the draft policy's guiding principles are preserving human talent, safeguarding data security and using AI to expand educational access. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - A 2025 Inside Higher Ed survey found that about 85 percent of college students use generative AI in their coursework. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - Ben Shier is the University of Alaska's Chief Information Technology Officer. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - Shier told the regents that AI amplifies existing questions rather than raising new ones. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - Shier said the university assesses tools against a data type and tells users where that data can and cannot be placed. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - KTOO reported that Shier said the university currently can't control and track every usage of AI. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - Regent Christine Ressler raised concerns about the university's ability to monitor AI use across the system. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - University leadership plans to submit a finalized draft AI policy for approval at the November regents meeting. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - The university plans to collect student and community input through listening sessions and surveys this fall, with no session dates scheduled as of KTOO's report. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - The Board of Regents meeting where the draft AI policy was presented was held at the University of Alaska Southeast. [KTOO](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. Slides and the deck PDF are linked from the canonical page.