Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Academic Production

Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Academic Production
The Law Review recognizes the growing impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies on academic research and writing. With the aim of promoting the responsible, critical, and ethical use of these tools, the following guidelines are established for authors who incorporate AI in the preparation of their manuscripts.

1. Definition and Scope of Artificial Intelligence
For the purposes of these guidelines, artificial intelligence (AI) shall be understood to mean any algorithmic system, software, or computational platform—such as ChatGPT, Bard, Copilot, or similar—that emulates human cognitive abilities, including natural language processing, machine learning, or the generation of creative or textual content.

2. Declaration of AI Use
The use of generative AI should be limited to research assistance functions, never as a replacement for independent intellectual analysis. Its ethical use is limited to support tasks that improve clarity of presentation or facilitate the organization of reference material.

Any author who uses AI at any stage of manuscript preparation must include an explicit and detailed statement, either in a footnote or in a specific methodological section, containing:
a. The identification of the tool used, including name and version.
b. The purpose and scope of its use, with an academic justification explaining how it contributed to the research process compared to conventional writing methods.
c. The specific sections of the manuscript in which AI was used.
d. The degree of subsequent human intervention, specifying whether the content was substantially edited, revised, or reworked.
It is expressly prohibited to claim authorship of content generated wholly or partially by AI systems.

3. Academic Responsibility and Verification
Authors assume full responsibility for the integrity, accuracy, and originality of the content submitted. If AI is used, they must ensure that:
a) All information generated by AI is checked against reliable academic sources and verified for accuracy.
b) No copyright, intellectual property, or other third-party rights are infringed.
c) Do not present any text, argument, or conceptual structure originating from AI as your own without proper disclosure.
d) Avoid plagiarism in all its forms, including that derived from the unsupervised use of automatically generated content.
It is recommended that AI be used only in the preliminary stages of research, never as a substitute for critical reasoning, interpretation of results, or drawing conclusions.

4. Restrictions on the Use of AI
The use of AI will not be permitted in the following circumstances:
a) To create, modify, or manipulate data or research results.
b) To attribute authorship or co-authorship to AI.
c) As a primary or sole source of information or references.
d) To generate conclusions, analyses, or discussions without proper supervision, validation, and reworking by the author.
e) To create or alter images, graphics, or other original visual material.