Intellectual Property and Copyright in the Use of Artificial Intelligence

The use of generative Artificial Intelligence tools within the university must always respect intellectual property and copyright regulations.

Texts, images, tables, presentations, articles, teaching materials, research data or any other copyright-protected content must not be introduced into external AI tools unless appropriate authorisation, licensing or legal grounds are in place.

It is therefore recommended to prioritise the use of self-created materials, institutional resources and openly licensed content (such as Creative Commons), ensuring proper attribution at all times. The fact that content has been generated, adapted or transformed using AI does not exempt users from complying with applicable intellectual property regulations.

In general terms, content generated by AI tools may not be protected by copyright in the same way as human-authored works. However, its reuse may be subject to the terms and conditions of the tool employed, as well as to potential similarities with pre-existing copyrighted works. Consequently, legal and academic responsibility for the use of AI-generated content always rests with the user.

Since AI tools may produce outputs that appear plausible yet resemble existing materials, it is essential to review, verify and, where appropriate, critically adapt such content before reusing, disseminating or incorporating it into academic work, teaching materials or institutional communications.