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Information & Research Literacy - A self-guided Program

This is currently a work in progress (summer 2025) to provide the HKUST community with self-drected learning on many aspects of information and research literacy

Respsonsible & Ethical Use of Tools & Output

Uploading journal articles or book chapters to an AI-powered tool may raise copyright concerns

Uploading Full Texts to Public/Commercial AI Platforms

 

If you're uploading entire copyrighted works to tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc., there's legal uncertainty. Why?

These tools may store data for model training/improvement unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Uploading content to platforms that lack a license for reuse may be seen as unauthorized copying or redistribution.

Best Practices

 

  • Use AI tools that offer “no data retention” or “user content is not stored or reused.”
  • Check the tool’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
  • User tools provided by publishers or Tool Has Proper Licensing to use the copyrighted material such as: Ebscohost (Generate AI Insights), Primo Research Assistant, Semantic Scholar, Scite, or Elicit.

AI tools can generate realistic but fake videos/images/audio that about people or events – deepfakes. Deepfakes can lead to problems such as misuse someone’s likeness without their consent (privacy infringement), spread of false information, scams, misleading contents to manipulate public opinions.

For example, recently a student at HKU is being investigated for creating and releasing deep-fake porn.

Further reading: Kharvi, Prakash L. Understanding the Impact of AI-Generated Deepfakes on Public Opinion, Political Discourse, and Personal Security in Social Media.” IEEE Security & Privacy, vol. 22, no. 04, pp. 115-122, July-Aug. 2024, doi: 10.1109/MSEC.2024.3405963

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