Bill of Health Announces New AI Policy

Like the rest of the world, Bill of Health is grappling with how AI affects us. As Editor-in-Chief, I wanted to share our new policy for authors and invite your input.

Our policy:

Bill of Health contributors must disclose any significant AI assistance (e.g., drafting, rewriting, or generating images.) Authors remain fully responsible for fact-checking, originality, and the accuracy of their work.

(To model good behavior, here is our own disclosure: We swallowed our sense of meta-irony and asked ChatGPT for some help wordsmithing this policy.)

Notes:

• Although short and sweet, we believe this policy is consistent with those of Harvard University and Harvard Law School, and covers the principles that matter to this blog. Instructors throughout Harvard are wrestling with the same issue. 
• We engage with our writers to ascertain their comfort with their subject matter. We run submitted posts through software that checks for plagiarism, which also claims to check for AI-generated text. We know that technology is limited.
• This policy marks a moment in time. It may (probably will) change as the robots get even smarter.

So, how’d we do? Did we hit the mark? Anything missing? Drop us a line at billofhealth@law.harvard.edu with your feedback.

While I’ve got you … please feel free to send us blog feedback: topics you’d like to see, posts that don’t sit well with you, or general commendations or complaints.

Lastly, remember we accept submissions. Here are some guidelines; we can’t promise we’ll run it, but we’d love to take a look at your draft.