Questions tagged [policy]
For questions related to the policies of Stack Exchange.
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How can any users know if a mod is working in their interests in a system that by design hides moderator actions?
In the light of the moderator agreement, moderators get to know many userbase-breaking changes to the network BEFORE they are disclosed to the general public. Even in recent post about changes to the ...
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Is there a policy for when/how "permanent" bans are issued?
When and why would Stack Exchange, for any reason, choose to issue a "permanent" ban, that is, "temporarily" banned for longer than a lifetime, as opposed to a 1 year, or even a ...
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Stack Exchange's Answer Bot violates all main points from the company's GenAI policy
Currently, Stack Exchange has created an Answer Bot, which provides AI generated answers to certain questions which humans then review. However, they did not disclose which AI/LLM they are using for ...
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Could the genAI policy be made clear on which genAI use cases are allowed or not allowed?
I'm confused by which genAI use cases are allowed by the current genAI policy. meta.stackexchange.com/help/gen-ai-policy states: Generative artificial intelligence (a.k.a. GPT, LLM, generative AI, ...
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Is speech recognition regarded as genAI on SE (and thereby banned on SE sites banning genAI)?
On The Tragedy of the Episode 749 transcript I had answered (and then commented) that the community had (imho, regrettably) decided to ban genAI here, so one can't post transcripts generated by ASR (...
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What should the policy for AI-generated images be on Meta.SE?
I locked this post earlier this evening because an AI-generated image was edited out, then back in, then out, in-out... giving major hokey-pokey vibes. It seems there are different opinions on whether ...
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Am I allowed to publicly reshare some JSON file containing SE data created after the introduction of the new data dump process?
I ran across some JSON (magnet link) containing SE data that was created after the introduction of the new data dump process. Am I allowed to publicly reshare it (e.g., on https://archive.org), or ...
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Why was an answer partially made using AI to make the point that you shouldn't use AI deleted?
My answer to a recent MSE question was deleted by a moderator a few hours ago. I have posted the screenshots below for those below 10,000 reputation. Yes, part of it did technically use AI to generate ...
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Answer containing special characters to allegedly prevent AI from training on it
I came across this answer that says: The following text is special to prevent AI from training on it. і𝗍 і𐑈 ро𐑈𐑈іᖯⅼе 𝗍о ԁі𝗋ес𝗍ⅼу 𐑈е𝗍 𝗍հе аԁԁ𝗋е𐑈𐑈 о𝖿 а 𐑈уｍᖯоⅼ ս𐑈іո𝗀 ⅼіո𝗄е𝗋 𐑈с𝗋ір𝗍𐑈...
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In the AI policy on SE sites allowing GenAI, don't discourage sharing the entire prompt(s). Sharing the entire prompt(s) should be instead encouraged
Regarding the SE sites allowing the use of generative AI: https://physics.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policy, https://webapps.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policy, https://serverfault.com/help/ai-policy, ...
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Minor terminology improvement for the AI policy
https://physics.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policy, https://webapps.stackexchange.com/help/ai-policy, https://superuser.com/help/ai-policy, https://serverfault.com/help/ai-policy, etc. state: ...
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Can we get an [ai-policy] magic link?
Now that sites have AI policies, it seems like we would benefit from a magic link, like [ai-policy], linking to the site's respective help page. I tested this just now, but it didn't work, and it's ...
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Stack Exchange IP Block Exemption Policy (Tor)
Does Stack Exchange have an IP Block Exemption Policy? There are countless at-risk users around the world who must use Tor for all Internet activity to protect themselves and/or their families. ...
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Updates to the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) – January 2024
As part of our ongoing efforts to review and update policies, we’ve updated our Acceptable Use Policy. These changes come after a review period in which we made adjustments as a result of moderator ...
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Can staff please post an answer upon tagging a question as [status-completed]?
Related: Remove questions with moderator tags from the Unanswered list (2011) We currently have 425 wholly-unanswered questions marked status-completed. This is a problem for three reasons: Answers ...
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