Q. Can I Upload PDFs to AI Tools for Analysis?

Generally, it’s okay to use AI tools to analyze article PDFs as long as the tool doesn’t use your data to train its model, and the publisher hasn’t prohibited such use.

To stay safe, use tools that don’t collect or train on your data—like Copilot (provided by QU) or Google NotebookLM.

If you use ChatGPT, go to Settings > Data Controls and turn off “Improve the model for everyone.”

UpToDate states that "By accessing or using UpToDate content, you accept the terms and conditions of the CE Terms of Use, which prohibit the use, training, inputting or processing of UpToDate content by or into automated software or tools, including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence solutions, algorithms, machine learning, and/or large language models."

Therefore, you should not upload UpToDate contents to any AI tool. 

Visit Publisher Policies (by Purdue University) for more publishers' AI policies.