# Of 150 Cited, 119 Used AI. The Rule Says Devices. > AI cases are now most of UAA's conduct caseload by its own report. The rule behind them says "devices" and never names AI. Published 2026-10-06 by Alaska AI. 8 slides. Canonical: https://alaskaaihq.com/archive/2026-10-06/ ## The story Of 150 cited, 119 used AI. The rule says "devices." 1.1 percent. 119 of the more than 10,500 students at UAA last semester. Small as a share, AI cases are now the majority of the conduct office's caseload, the report says. That clause of UAA's student conduct code is how AI cases are handled. It never names AI. Each instructor decides what is authorized, course by course. Every syllabus must address AI. No two have to agree. Professors may allow as much or as little AI as they like, a structure UAA's Faculty Senate asked for. UAA discourages AI checkers. Many faculty use them anyway, writing professor Andrew Harnish said. Two reports. Two different counts. The draft says a human decides. Under today's clause, that human is each instructor. Should the regents write what a student may do with AI, or leave it to each syllabus? Student government member Brigitta Taaga pushed back that the draft didn't go far enough. ## What we verified - The UA Board of Regents calendar lists BOR Committee Meetings beginning at 1 p.m. Alaska time on November 4th. [University of Alaska Board of Regents public calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c_7ba17a847125125c856ef5810a713945aa4df07f173c2f8767a4a156b62aa381%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics), primary document, 2026-10-05. - The regents calendar lists a Committee and Full Board Meeting in Fairbanks on November 5th. [University of Alaska Board of Regents public calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c_7ba17a847125125c856ef5810a713945aa4df07f173c2f8767a4a156b62aa381%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics), primary document, 2026-10-05. - The regents calendar lists the Board of Regents' Meeting in Fairbanks on November 6th. [University of Alaska Board of Regents public calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c_7ba17a847125125c856ef5810a713945aa4df07f173c2f8767a4a156b62aa381%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics), primary document, 2026-10-05. - The regents calendar lists a Public Testimony session from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Alaska time on Monday, November 2nd. [University of Alaska Board of Regents public calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c_7ba17a847125125c856ef5810a713945aa4df07f173c2f8767a4a156b62aa381%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics), primary document, 2026-10-05. - The UA Statewide AI Symposium ran September 25th to 27th at the ConocoPhillips Integrated Science Building in Anchorage. [University of Alaska](https://www.alaska.edu/news/system/2026-ai-symposium-ua-system.php), primary document, 2026-09-18. - The symposium closed with a strategy session for the UA statewide AI advisory council. [University of Alaska](https://www.alaska.edu/news/system/2026-ai-symposium-ua-system.php), primary document, 2026-09-18. - UA's Systemwide AI in Communications Guidelines were developed over five months. [University of Alaska](https://www.alaska.edu/news/system/2026-ua-systemwide-ai-guidelines-now-available.php), primary document, 2026-09-18. - The communications guidelines don't address classroom, instructional or research uses of AI. [University of Alaska](https://www.alaska.edu/news/system/2026-ua-systemwide-ai-guidelines-now-available.php), primary document, 2026-09-18. - UA's Generative AI Security Standard took effect in January 2025 and governs data and tool procurement rather than academic integrity. [University of Alaska Office of Information Technology](https://www.alaska.edu/oit/policies-standards/generative-ai.php), primary document, 2025-03-01. - DNR noticed Hilcorp's application for a Beluga River gas storage lease covering approximately 6,100 acres of state-owned subsurface reservoir. [Alaska DNR Division of Oil and Gas](https://aws.state.ak.us/OnlinePublicNotices/Notices/View.aspx?id=224115), primary document, 2026-06-05. - UAA's Dean of Students Office report counted 150 students cited for academic misconduct. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Of the students cited for academic misconduct at UAA, 119 used AI. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - The 119 AI cases equal 1.1% of the more than 10,500 students who attended UAA last semester. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - The report shows a 73% increase in AI use for plagiarism last year. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - The report shows a 56% increase in academic misconduct overall. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - The UAA report on generative AI use among students was produced with assistance from generative AI tools. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - The Dean of Students Office released the report in August. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - The report states that cases involving AI use now make up the majority of cases handled by the UAA conduct office. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - The UA system has no single policy governing AI use across more than a dozen campuses. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Current UAA guidance lets professors tailor their syllabi to allow as much or as little AI use as they like. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - The UAA Faculty Senate specifically requested the current faculty-by-faculty structure. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - UAA spokesperson Catalina Myers said letting faculty decide AI use preserved the integrity of academic freedom. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - The report said UAA requires all faculty to address AI use in their syllabus. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - UAA discourages the use of AI checkers, according to the report. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - UAA associate professor Andrew Harnish said many faculty use AI checkers in practice. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - UA regents are scheduled to consider guiding principles for integrating AI throughout the UA system in November. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Special projects lead Stephanie Erickson presented the draft language to regents in September alongside Chief Information Technology Officer Ben Shier. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Erickson told regents the university needs to be deliberate about engaging with AI instead of letting it just happen. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - The draft document calls for "appropriate AI in every discipline" and says humans must remain "in the loop.". [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Erickson said being in the loop means AI could recommend but a human decides. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Erickson also said AI can't act alone. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Shier drafted the AI intent language over the summer at the request of regents. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Feedback from staff and students on the draft was included but limited, according to Shier. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Shier called AI one of the most profound technology shifts the university has ever seen. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - UAA sophomore and student government member Brigitta Taaga pushed back on the draft language as not going far enough. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Taaga said most of the younger generations are really against AI. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Non-traditional UAA student Michael Feign said the draft offers overarching ideas rather than nitty-gritty policy. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - Feign said he would prefer the university build its own large language model hosted on local servers. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - UAA vice chancellor Aaron Dotson said there is no instruction manual. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2026/10/04/ai-policy-coming-to-university-of-alaska-as-student-misuse-increases/), report, 2026-10-04. - A year earlier, a Dean of Students Office report showed 115 UAA students were found responsible for academic misconduct. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2025/10/11/ai-has-arrived-at-university-of-alaska-students-and-faculty-are-proceeding-with-caution/), report, 2025-10-11. - About two-thirds of those 115 cases were AI-related. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2025/10/11/ai-has-arrived-at-university-of-alaska-students-and-faculty-are-proceeding-with-caution/), report, 2025-10-11. - UAA's conduct code addresses AI use through the section prohibiting "utilizing devices not authorized by faculty members.". [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2025/10/11/ai-has-arrived-at-university-of-alaska-students-and-faculty-are-proceeding-with-caution/), report, 2025-10-11. - A UAA professor hid a nearly invisible prompt in an assignment, and AI chatbots that six students pasted the problem into saw it. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2025/10/11/ai-has-arrived-at-university-of-alaska-students-and-faculty-are-proceeding-with-caution/), report, 2025-10-11. - UAA issues suspensions for academic dishonesty only about once every two years. [Anchorage Daily News (Tim Rockey)](https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2025/10/11/ai-has-arrived-at-university-of-alaska-students-and-faculty-are-proceeding-with-caution/), report, 2025-10-11. - KTOO reported that the draft AI policy would require all three UA universities to have a plan to address AI. [KTOO (Jamie Diep)](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 for approval at the November regents meeting. [KTOO (Jamie Diep)](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - About 85% of college students use generative AI in their coursework, according to a 2025 Inside Higher Ed survey cited by KTOO. [KTOO (Jamie Diep)](https://www.ktoo.org/2026/09/16/university-of-alaska-regents-consider-draft-ai-policy/), report, 2026-09-16. - The Army Corps of Engineers Alaska District issued a September 29th public notice processing a Hilcorp Beluga gas storage permit on an emergency basis. [Petroleum News (Kristen Nelson)](https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/10/04/news/corps-of-engineers-gives-hilcorp-emergency-processing-for-beluga/50418.html), report, 2026-10-04. - Comments on the Corps notice are due by October 30th, according to Petroleum News. [Petroleum News (Kristen Nelson)](https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/10/04/news/corps-of-engineers-gives-hilcorp-emergency-processing-for-beluga/50418.html), report, 2026-10-04. - The proposed Beluga gas storage pad would cover some 7.38 acres. [Petroleum News (Kristen Nelson)](https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/10/04/news/corps-of-engineers-gives-hilcorp-emergency-processing-for-beluga/50418.html), report, 2026-10-04. - The pad would directly fill some 2.35 acres of palustrine wetlands. [Petroleum News (Kristen Nelson)](https://www.petroleumnews.com/story/2026/10/04/news/corps-of-engineers-gives-hilcorp-emergency-processing-for-beluga/50418.html), report, 2026-10-04. Slides and the deck PDF are linked from the canonical page.