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Five principles for responsible AI use
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Level 3Theme: Ethics + Plagiarism
Ethical AI Use + Cite It Right
Put ethics into practice: five principles for responsible use, a routine for checking AI output and a clear way to acknowledge AI in your work.
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Step 1 · Watch
5 rules for using AI responsibly
A short video that introduces the five principles you will explore next.
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5 Rules for Using AI Responsibly
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- Video presenting five rules for using AI responsibly in university learning.
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- Honesty, accuracy, privacy, copyright and fairness in everyday AI use.
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The five areas
- Honesty and transparency
- Accuracy and critical thinking
- Privacy and data security
- Copyright and intellectual property
- Bias, fairness and access
Step 2 · Explore
Principles and a checking routine
First the five principles, then a four-step routine you can use whenever AI gives you information.
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Verify before you trust: STOP → SOURCE → CROSS-CHECK → TOOLS
Select each step to see what it involves. View all four steps to complete the activity.
STOP: Pause before you trust it
Do not copy, cite or share it yet. Ask yourself whether it sounds too neat, too confident or too convenient.
Example: An AI answer quotes a study with an exact percentage that fits your argument perfectly.
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Step 3 · Try
Real or fake?
Use STOP, SOURCE, CROSS-CHECK and TOOLS on a few AI outputs, then look closely at a real-world case from Malaysia.
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Real or Fake?
Decide whether each AI output is real or fake. Finish all of them to complete the activity.
One reference in this activity was invented on purpose so you can practise spotting fabricated sources.
Example 1 of 5Score: 0
Malaysian case study
Case study: errors in AI-generated Malaysian flag images
In Malaysia, there have been public reports of published images showing the national flag, the Jalur Gemilang, with errors, including images made with generative AI tools. [TO BE ADDED: the specific incident, its date and the news source. Verify before publishing.]
Why it happens
Image generators create pictures that look plausible. They do not check details against an official design, so small but important features, such as the number of stripes or the points on a star, can come out wrong.
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News report: errors in AI-generated Malaysian flag images
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- Link to a news report about errors in AI-generated images of the Malaysian flag.
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- Read the original report and check the details before you use this case.
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Spot the Flag Error
Compare each practice graphic with the reference features, then choose what is wrong. Some graphics may be correct.
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Reference: the Jalur Gemilang has
- 14 red and white stripes
- A blue canton in the top corner
- A yellow crescent
- A yellow 14-pointed star
Always confirm against an official source.
Cite it right
Acknowledge and cite AI use
Being open about AI use protects your integrity. Here is how to say what you used, why, and how you checked it.
How to acknowledge AI use
When your course allows AI, you may need to say how you used it. A good acknowledgement answers three questions: which tool, what for, and how you checked it.
Example template
“Generative AI ([tool]) was used to [purpose]. All content was reviewed, edited and verified by the author.”
Reference list pattern for an AI tool
[Developer]. ([Year]). [AI tool name] ([Version]) [Large language model]. [URL]
[TO BE VERIFIED against the current APA guidance before use]
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Current APA guidance on citing generative AI
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- APA guidance can change. Check the latest version and your lecturer's requirements.
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Fix the Citation
A student added this acknowledgement to their assignment. Which details are missing? Select all that apply, then check.
Student's acknowledgement
“AI helped with this assignment.”
Practice tool
Build your own acknowledgement
Your statement
Generative AI ([tool]) was used to [purpose]. All content was reviewed, edited and verified by the author.
Take it with you
A one-page cheat sheet you can download and keep.
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Cite It Right cheat sheet
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- A one-page summary of how to acknowledge AI use. Check it against your course requirements.
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Step 4 · Reflect
Set your own rules
Turn the principles into a personal commitment.
Be specific: name the principle, a situation where it gets tricky, and one action you will take.
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