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I'm not sure if there is a limit on minutes watched during the free trial, so a student can't rush through a few courses in the 7 days? I know others like Pluralsight do have a limit, I believe it could be worth considering if not.

Surely a simple checkbox on the course management page should suffice ("outside of udemy ai tools, does this course contain the use of ai?"), then udemy can display a generic message to the student?

I didn't realize the disclosures requirement includes the use Udemy's own AI tools. Thank you for flagging this @Thor.

@RyanJaress I support the idea of disclosures related to AI generated educational content and resources. But the inclusion of Udemy's own AI tools seems to miss the point here, and I think you and the team should reconsider. Here's why:

1) It frames a "feature" as a detriment
I assume Udemy's own AI tools, such as the AI role play, are being developed as a value-add (e.g. a premium feature to enhance the learning experience).

But the current policy forces instructors to label the inclusion of features that Udemy built as a "warning." The phrase "This course contains the use of artificial intelligence" at the very top of a description is, in my opinion, a potential deterrent, because it lumps a high quality course that leverages Udemy's own AI tools into the same category as a course potentially written/generated entirely by AI. With your current disclosure requirements, there's zero ground between these two scenarios, and that feels wrong.

2) It places the burden on the instructor
If an instructor chooses to use third-party AI to create their content, I agree that they should be required to include a disclosure. But when an instructor uses a Udemy-provided tool/feature, shouldn't it be Udemy's responsibility to communicate this feature to students. You have the ability to build out such a feature, like badges that highlight use of your tools. So why pass the burden to us. Just like you highlight/celebrate a course included in UFB on a landing page, shouldn't value-add features like AI role play be celebrated, instead of "disclosed".

Also, imagine after the 3 month grace period ends and you start flagging or removing courses that are in breach of this policy, simply because they didn't declare that they used Udemy's own AI features. Does that sound like the kind of circumstances that this policy is trying to protect learners against?

3) It creates a disincentive to adopt Udemy's AI tools
This policy creates a direct conflict. You are offering instructors new tools to (presumably) improve their courses, but simultaneously punishing them for using those tools by forcing them to add a potentially negative disclosure (plus the threat of course removal if they're in breach of this policy).

If using a new Udemy AI feature means I must add a label that could scare away potential students, I will be far less likely to use that feature. This seems to be the exact opposite of the intended goal, which I assume is to encourage the adoption of these new tools.

So in summary, I think you need to reconsider the inclusion of "Udemy AI tools provided to instructors" in this policy.