Artificial Intelligence and copyright | Copyright | Loughborough University

This free library page from Loughborough University walks readers through choosing and using generative AI tools lawfully, with concrete checks on training-data transparency, text-and-data-mining exceptions, licensing terms, and whether anything typed into a tool will be reused as training data. Readers can download a flowchart to decide when it is safe to use ChatGPT, learn how UK law treats computer-generated works under s.9(3) of the CDPA 1988, and understand why AI outputs may not be unique or easily enforceable. Staff and students get specific actions: acknowledge AI use in assessed work, cite AI-generated tables, figures and text, verify outputs for hallucinations, avoid inputting personal data, and contact the Copyright and Licensing Manager when in doubt.

Task

Ethics & compliance

Time

10 minutes

Level

beginner

Cost

Free — Nothing to pay. A free account at most.

Tools

Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT

Published

Not dated