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    If moderators on each site can override this to have whatever policy they want (if I understood the situation correctly) then whats the point of even having this? I would assume if this is the entire site's policy, all sub-sites would have a policy that would be a subset of this and not some completely different random thing. And whatever happened to the heuristics that a post is supposed to have met, before being actionable for it being created using help from an ai tool?
    – user13267
    Commented Feb 8 at 1:56
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    The default, network-wide stance on AI-generated content is that, if allowed on any site, it needs to be properly cited; some sites may choose to completely disallow it instead. I'm laying out a framework that allows sites to decide which of the two they want, and to request a corresponding banner be enabled. The heuristics will apply regardless of the site policy, as I see it — they serve for folks to determine whether the content "is AI-generated" or not; the action taken once the determination is made varies depending on the policy. Can you clarify what your concern is, @user13267?
    – JNat StaffMod
    Commented Feb 8 at 15:08
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    What if a site already has a "No AI Answers" policy?
    – T.E.D.
    Commented Feb 8 at 18:47
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    Just signal it to the CM Team that you don't want the banner enabled, @T.E.D. ;) (it's the bullet point in bold near the top of the post)
    – JNat StaffMod
    Commented Feb 8 at 19:08
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    Apologies for changing the roll-out plan, and for any confusion this might've caused. Revision 9 of the post lands on (hopefully!) the final form of this plan: all sites will have a new help center article explaining why AI-generated content needs to be cited, unless they have a superseding policy that disallows it. In discussion with mods in the TL, it became apparent that the "needs citation" banner shouldn't be on by default, and instead any banner should only be enabled by request from that community.
    – JNat StaffMod
    Commented Feb 8 at 19:51
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    As per suggestions in one of the answers, I'll also be providing a second template to be used for sites that opt for a policy that disallows this content, so they don't need to start their help center articles from scratch. Thanks for your patience, feedback, and help, everyone! ^_^'
    – JNat StaffMod
    Commented Feb 8 at 19:52
  • If there isn't going to be a clear universal policy with regards to ai tool usage for all se sites, then does SE have any plans to clarify if the heuristics are being followed properly ? General info on the status of how (or if) they are being used?
    – user13267
    Commented Feb 9 at 5:43
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    The edits seem to address my concerns with the original versions. I would propose one minor change: "may be used to assist with translating content" -> "may be used to assist with editing content" or "may be used to assist with editing and translating content". Translating alone is likely to be too narrow and not inclusive of other types of editing.
    – Thomas Owens
    Commented Feb 16 at 15:08