AI-Statement: any written product should contain an AI statement, which in its minimum form reads as "I used programm XXx and YYY for this work. I did not include any of the generated text or code directly without modification. The detailed prompts are listed in Appendix xxxx"
New 15 April 2026:
Be very careful when using Grammarly: if plug-ins are installed (browser, word), it reads everything in every single document that is open (e.g. all Microsoft docx or all Browser windows) and sends everything in real-time to US servers (advertissment form software@unibe.ch)
New 01 April 2026: the new UniBern page on AI tools for teaching and research
--> https://www.ub.unibe.ch/service/ki_im_wissenschaftlichen_arbeiten/index_ger.html
There is a very complete (German) online collection of how to use AI in the studies by the Berner Fachhochschule: https://www.bildung6.ch/ absolutely worth visiting.
Also have a look at the Stanford teaching commons on AI literarcy.
Please have a look at the recommendations of UniBasel on how to cite the use of AI-language systems, in German.
Read the EGU statement on "Statement on the use of AI-based tools for the presentation and publication of research results in Earth, planetary and space science" here.
What I learnt from a 2h German class on AI language tools in studies, via Illias:
If you copy literally text generated by an AI, you have to put into quotes as if you had taken it from a paper, according to some legal analysis at the Ruhr-Uni Bochum.
how to use AI language systems to check your abstract with optimal prompting
Tools I did not know before:
Elicit.com for your literature research to identify central papers for your research question?
Can also try the following tools to see connection between papers: openknowledgemaps.org/, Research Rabbit, Connected Papers
But: be critical regarding the completeness or the bias in these tools.
https://theresanaiforthat.com/: database of AI tools
https://www.futurepedia.io/: database of AI tools
There are tools to interact with articles in pdf format (ask questions, compare papers etc.), one example is (not tested) https://www.chatpdf.com/
I am not on top of what is going on at University Level, but you might want to check regularly two pages
"Hochschullehre und Entwicklung" (German only!). They have an entry on chatbots: https://www.hd.unibe.ch/dienstleistungen/chatbots_in_der_hochschullehre/index_ger.html
FAQ zur Verwendung von KI gestützten Hilfsmitteln in der Lehre – Vizerektorat Lehre Universität Bern,
And we have a first recommendation on how to deal with the use of AI in the "self-declaration" of student's work: