AI Studio

User Agreement

Please review and accept the following policy to continue using the application.

Monitoring and Access to User Content

Penn State staff do not monitor your individual prompts or conversations or provide them to others except as noted below.

Prompts and conversations will not be provided in connection with academic integrity investigations.

Use of Information and Model Training

Your personal information is not used to train AI Studio or its underlying AI models.

Automated tools may analyze anonymized content to identify common themes and usage patterns. Anonymous, aggregated metrics are analyzed to support reliability and continuous improvement.

Limited Circumstances for Access or Disclosure

The University may access or disclose information only in limited circumstances, including:

• Legally valid requests reviewed and approved by the Office of General Counsel, consistent with University Policy AD53, Privacy Policy and as required by applicable law

• Protecting the health and safety of an individual or the University community in response to an actual or imminent emergency or threat to campus safety

• Response to a data security incident or breach

Permitted Data

Level 1 (Low) and Level 2 (Moderate) data may be entered into AI Studio.

Prohibited Data

Users must not enter Level 3 (High) or Level 4 (Restricted) data into AI Studio. Prohibited data includes:

• Personally Identifiable Information (PII) as defined in University Policy AD53, Privacy Policy, to include, but not limited to, Social Security Numbers

• Protected Health Information (PHI) (HIPAA) such as patient information

• Financial/customer data (GLBA) such as student financial information

• Any High or Restricted classification data as defined in University Policy, AD95, Information Assurance and IT Security

Accuracy of AI-Generated Content

AI-generated content may be inaccurate, incomplete, or biased and should be independently verified before use.

Retention of Chat Data

All chat data will be retained for a period of one year to align with the University’s General Records Retention policy (AD35 University Archives and Records Management).

Note: Employees are authorized to accept these terms and conditions without additional approval.