Dear Stephane Bolla ,

his guidance is designed to support research students, supervisors, and examiners by minimising, as far as possible, ambiguity around permitted uses of generative AI tools in doctoral assessment, whilst allowing for further refinement in response to future feedback, developing norms, and further advances in AI technology.

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strategy/learning-and-teaching/ai-guidance/doctoral-assessment

Regards,

Shafagat

Some useful references (and associated bibliographies) to get you started :

• Caillaud et al., "Supervision of design PhD students in an era of generative artificial intelligence", 2024 - https://cnam.hal.science/hal-04766967v1/document
• University of Leeds, "Supervisor guidance for research degrees", 2024 - https://generative-ai.leeds.ac.uk/ai-use-in-research/supervisor-guidance-for-research-degrees/
• Iatrellis et al., "ChatGPT in PhD Mentoring: Exploring the Potential of Generative AI for Academic Guidance and Sustainable Educational Practices", 2025 - https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202502.0041/v1
• European Commission, "Guidelines on the responsible use of generative AI in research developed by the European Research Area Forum", 2024 - https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-research-and-innovation-news/guidelines-responsible-use-generative-ai-research-developed-european-research-area-forum-2024-03-20_en
• UNESCO, "Guidance for generative AI in education and research", 2023 - https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000386693

Thank you Stéphane Breton . I shall explore.

Thank you for sharing. Wonder whetehr there are specifics to further explore. Many thanks