{"id":101301,"date":"2024-01-26T17:54:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/?page_id=101301"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:33:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:33:04","slug":"author-ai-usage-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/author-ai-usage-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Author AI Usage Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author AI Usage Policy<\/h1>\n\n\n<p>We do not accept any non-attributed AI (Artificial Intelligence) generated text in articles at Simple Talk for publication. The editors will use tools to determine if the likelihood of AI-generated content is high enough to reject submissions.<\/p>\n<p>We have two categories of content that we apply to AI and content: AI-generated and AI-assisted. The definitions of these are below, based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/kdp.amazon.com\/en_US\/help\/topic\/G200672390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Kindle author policy<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>AI-generated<\/em><\/strong><em>: AI-generated content is text, images, or code created by an AI-based tool. If you used an AI-based tool, generative or otherwise, to create the actual content (whether text, images, or code), it is considered \u201cAI-generated,\u201d even if you applied substantial edits afterward.<\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>AI-assisted<\/em><\/strong><em>: If you created the content yourself, and used AI-based tools to edit, refine, error-check, or otherwise improve that content (whether text, code, or images), then it is considered \u201cAI-assisted\u201d and not \u201cAI-generated.\u201d If you used an AI-based tool to brainstorm and generate ideas, but ultimately created the text, code, or images yourself, this is also considered \u201cAI-assisted\u201d and not \u201cAI-generated.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While we do not allow AI to generate substantial parts of blogs and articles that we publish, we do allow the use of AI tools for creating setup code and data, but for substantive text and code that solves a problem or teaches a concept, this should be created by the author.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authors are free to use AI in the same manner as Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, etc., but are required to write articles in their own words. Any content generated (including code and data) using AI needs to be attributed just like if you copied it from any other book or website.<\/p>\n<p>The use of AI assistance with grammar and spelling is beyond the intent of this policy. The use of tools such as Grammarly, Wordtune, etc., or the tools built into word processing software does not use other people\u2019s work as a source, so these tools are fully allowable under this policy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We regularly use AI-assisted technology to edit documents, check content for correctness, plagiarism, and AI-generated text, to ensure the content is of the highest quality.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>References\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>While creating this policy, we referenced what other organizations were doing as well. These included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon.Com: Content Guidelines <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/kdp.amazon.com\/en_US\/help\/topic\/G200672390\">https:\/\/kdp.amazon.com\/en_US\/help\/topic\/G200672390<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NEJM: Defining the Role of Authors and Contributors <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icmje.org\/recommendations\/browse\/roles-and-responsibilities\/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.icmje.org\/recommendations\/browse\/roles-and-responsibilities\/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>IEEE: Submission and Peer Review Policies <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org\/become-an-ieee-journal-author\/publishing-ethics\/guidelines-and-policies\/submission-and-peer-review-policies\/#:~:text=Guidelines%20for%20Artificial%20Intelligence%20(AI)%2DGenerated%20Text,-The%20use%20of&amp;text=The%20AI%20system%20used%20shall,used%20to%20generate%20the%20content\">https:\/\/journals.ieeeauthorcenter.ieee.org\/become-an-ieee-journal-author\/publishing-ethics\/guidelines-and-policies\/submission-and-peer-review-policies\/#:~:text=Guidelines%20for%20Artificial%20Intelligence%20(AI)%2DGenerated%20Text,-The%20use%20of&amp;text=The%20AI%20system%20used%20shall,used%20to%20generate%20the%20content<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>NIEHS: Science journals set new authorship guidelines for AI-generated text <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/factor.niehs.nih.gov\/2023\/3\/feature\/2-artificial-intelligence-ethics\">https:\/\/factor.niehs.nih.gov\/2023\/3\/feature\/2-artificial-intelligence-ethics<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Taylor &amp; Francis Online: Using AI to write scholarly publications <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08989621.2023.2168535\">https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/08989621.2023.2168535<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Medium.Com: How we\u2019re approaching AI-generated writing on Medium <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.medium.com\/how-were-approaching-ai-generated-writing-on-medium-16ee8cb3bc89\">https:\/\/blog.medium.com\/how-were-approaching-ai-generated-writing-on-medium-16ee8cb3bc89<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Geekwire: Amazon distinguishes between AI \u2018generated\u2019 and \u2018assisted\u2019 content in new policy for Kindle authors <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2023\/amazon-distinguishes-between-ai-generated-and-assisted-content-in-new-policy-for-kindle-authors\/\">https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2023\/amazon-distinguishes-between-ai-generated-and-assisted-content-in-new-policy-for-kindle-authors\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>CNet: How We Will Use Artificial Intelligence at CNET <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/ai-policy\/\">https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/ai-policy\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author AI Usage Policy We do not accept any non-attributed AI (Artificial Intelligence) generated text in articles at Simple Talk for publication. 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