March 1, 2023
Policy guidanceAssessment integrity
The organization said it would not ban AI software. Material produced by an AI tool and included in assessed work must be made clear and credited rather than presented as the student's own work.
AI and assessed work
Can I use AI in assessed work?
The public guidance does not describe a blanket ban on AI software. If AI-generated text, images or graphs are included in assessed work, that material must be made clear and appropriately credited rather than presented as your own. Your school and the specific task can add constraints, so those rules still need to be checked.
Latest public update reviewed: September 22, 2026
Before you use AI on an assignment
- 01Check the school rule. A school can set local restrictions even when the wider public guidance does not impose a blanket ban.
- 02Check the task or subject instructions. Do not treat a general AI statement as permission for every use on every assessed task.
- 03If AI-generated material is included, make that use clear and credit it appropriately. The integrity rule is about authorship and attribution, not hiding the tool.
Public timeline
March 23, 2026
Draft principlesEcosystem design
Five draft AI Design Principles were published for community feedback, covering human flourishing, inquiry, educator agency, safety/transparency and continuous evidence-led adaptation.
September 22, 2026
Latest public updateEcosystem design
The co-creation update changed two principle titles, including a stronger protection framing and a shift from educator agency to shared responsibility. The principles were still moving through review, alongside draft governance and literacy tools.
Why the September update is easy to misread
The September 2026 publication updates the AI Design Principles and school-support work. It changes how the organization describes areas such as protection, shared responsibility, governance and AI literacy; it is not a replacement text for the separate academic-integrity guidance on assessed work.
Sources & verification
Primary-source references used to verify key assessment facts on this page. Last source check: September 28, 2026.
The academic-integrity policy and assessment guidance answer a different question from the newer AI Design Principles. Check the former when the issue is what you may include in assessed work.
- International Baccalaureate: statement on ChatGPT and AIMarch 2023 statement establishing the assessment-integrity position that AI-generated material is not automatically a student's own work and must be acknowledged when used.
- International Baccalaureate: academic integrity policyPrimary policy containing guidance on artificial-intelligence tools and attribution.
- International Baccalaureate: draft AI Design PrinciplesMarch 23, 2026 draft ecosystem principles, explicitly published for feedback and co-creation.
- International Baccalaureate: September 2026 AI principles updateSeptember 22, 2026 update describing revised principle titles and the emerging school-support toolkit.