Using AI Responsibly at Emory
Emory’s Responsible AI Guiding Principles enable our community to use powerful AI in thoughtful, meaningful, and ethical ways. Explore the principles, guidance, and practical tips that support safe, fair, and mission-driven use of AI across our community
Putting Emory’s Responsible AI Guiding Principles to Work
We all share a responsibility for how we use the artificial intelligence capabilities available to us. This site is Emory’s home for that work. It presents Emory’s Responsible AI Guiding Principles, developed through multiple rounds of input from across the Emory community, a process that will repeat, iterate, and expand over time. Here you will find guidance and practical tips to enable Emory’s students, clinicians, faculty, researchers, partners, and staff to use AI in ways that advance discovery, education, work, and service while keeping the people and communities we are a part of in mind.
This is an evolving space. As the technology, regulations, scholarship, and our own experience progress, Emory’s guidance will grow and change as well. We will continue to listen to our community, learn from our partners, and update this site. Our library of available resources will grow over time.
We invite you to explore these materials, to use AI creatively and thoughtfully, and to join in our collective work of ensuring that AI at Emory reflects our highest standards of ethics, excellence, and service to humanity.
In the spirit of disclosure, we share that AI assisted with editing and proofreading this message, but the ideas, consensus process, final wording, and accountability all come from the team directly involved in its authorship.
Keep Emory's Mission and Principles at the Forefront
We will strive to use AI above all in alignment with Emory's mission and values to ...
- Further enable us to create, preserve, teach, and apply knowledge in the service of humanity
- Better enable us to improve lives and provide hope by delivering exceptional care to our patients, their families and the communities we serve
- Be good stewards of all our resources
Adhere to Laws, Regulations, Policies, and Procedures
We will strive to....
- Prevent and detect potential academic, research, funding, or medical misconduct involving AI
- Update our Emory policies, procedures, and guidelines where necessary to aid our people in practicing responsible AI
- Respect and follow the responsible AI policies and guidelines of third-party entities where appropriate
Foster Transparency and Empowerment
We will strive to....
- Inform users when interacting with AI and enable consent where possible and appropriate
- Label AI-generated content and openly communicate use and limitations of AI tools especially when ability or capacity for detailed human review or oversight is limited
- Provide clear rationales for AI-guided decisions or actions when possible and helpful
Promote Fairness and Ethical Use of AI
We will strive to....
- Make AI solutions accessible to all users regardless of their abilities
- Identify and eliminate inherent and explicit bias in AI-supported decisions, especially in critical areas like academics, healthcare, and research
- Promote ethical use of AI and the development of AI solutions that bridge disparities across the Emory community and society
Protect Human Safety, Security, and Privacy
We will strive to....
- Guard our sensitive data and the data of Emory stakeholders
- Leverage AI tools in a manner that continually safeguards the privacy, security and safety of the Emory community
Everyone at Emory is responsible for how they use and create content with AI and is accountable for adhering to all relevant laws and regulations as well as internal and 3rd party policies relevant to their work.
