Allowing AI is not the opposite of integrity. There are good reasons to invite it: brainstorming, getting unstuck, generating practice problems, checking one’s own draft, or learning to work with a tool students will use in their careers. The key is to allow it where it supports a learning outcome rather than replaces it.

Set the conditions explicitly. Say what use is welcome, what must be disclosed, and what crosses into substituting for the thinking you are assessing. A student using AI to quiz themselves before an exam is different from one submitting its output as their analysis. When you name the line, students can use the tool well and you can assess what you intend.