As of February 2 2023, there is a ban on the use of ChatGPT and AI generated content on Ask Ubuntu.

This ban involves:

 1. Deletion of *all* ChatGPT or other AI content, whether acknowledged as such or not
 2. Moderator warning email for initial occurrence
 3. The usual escalation of penalties for further infractions

**Grammar and Spell Checking Tools**: Note that it is the moderator team's opinion that the use of Grammarly and spell checking tools to correct grammar errors and spelling errors is not *AI-generated content*. Using those tools to improve your own written posts' grammar or to correct spelling errors is not forbidden; however, we are specifically barring the use of ChatGPT and other AIs as the sole source of generating answer content.

**Timeline:**

 - **Community Consultation**: On December 19th 2022, Community discussion commenced [on AU Meta][1] concerning our position on AI generated content. This discussion attracted considerable Community interest and involvement.
 - **Temporary Ban**: On January 5th 2023, while Community discussion was taking place, there was a considerable upsurge in the number of of ChatGPT-generated answers and spam messages posted on Ask Ubuntu. To get control of this upsurge of incorrect, nonworking, and unvetted content in answers, a temporary ban on AI-generated answers was instituted. This ban continued until February 2, 2023, when a permanent ban was instituted.
 - **SE 'Enforcement Guidelines**: On May 29 2023 SE issued a set of [enforcement guidelines][2] which prohibited most of the AU interventions related to AI generated content. This action, along with several other factors, lead to the general strike by Moderators and curators of SE.
 - **Strike Resolution and new Policy**: On August 6th 2023, with the strike resolved, [a new AI Policy][3] was jointly created by SE staff and Moderators.


  [1]: https://meta.askubuntu.com/q/20185/57576
  [2]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/391626/662263
  [3]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/391990/662263