Journal of Indonesian Society Empowerment (JISE) recognizes the rapid development and integration of artificial intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs), and AI-assisted tools in scientific research and manuscript preparation. To safeguard academic integrity, accountability, copyright compliance, and peer review confidentiality, JISE establishes this policy in strict alignment with the guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). This policy governs the professional boundaries and responsibilities for Authors, Peer Reviewers, and Editors.

• Prohibition of AI as Author or Co-Author: Generative AI tools, conversational agents, or LLMs (such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, or similar software) cannot be credited or cited as an author or co-author on any manuscript submitted to JISE. Authorship conveys legal ownership, intellectual responsibility, and moral accountability for the integrity of the research, as well as the capacity to consent to licensing agreements and declare potential conflicts of interest. Because AI tools lack legal personhood, moral agency, and accountability, they cannot satisfy international authorship criteria.
• Permitted Uses: Authors are permitted to use AI tools solely as auxiliary technical aids to improve language clarity, grammar, syntax, readability, or structural flow, or to assist with routine code debugging and formatting. If AI software is used as an integral methodology for computational data collection, literature mining, statistical analysis, or graphic visualization, it must be reported transparently within the empirical framework of the study.
• Mandatory AI Disclosure Statement: Authors who employ generative AI or AI-assisted tools in any aspect of research, manuscript drafting, or language refinement must formally disclose this usage in their submission. A dedicated statement titled "AI and AI-Assisted Technologies Disclosure" must be included at the end of the manuscript prior to the Reference section. The disclosure must detail the specific AI software name, model version, developer/manufacturer, and a brief description of how and where the tool was applied. If no AI tools were utilized, authors must explicitly state: "The authors declare that no artificial intelligence or AI-assisted technologies were used in the research, drafting, or editing of this manuscript."
• Full Author Accountability: Authors bear sole responsibility for the factual accuracy, original phrasing, reference validity, and ethical integrity of their work. AI tools are prone to generating false statements, biased assumptions, or hallucinated citations. Authors must manually verify every data point, reference source, and conceptual claim generated or modified with AI assistance. Undisclosed AI usage or AI-generated fabrications will be treated as academic misconduct.

• Absolute Prohibition on Uploading Manuscripts to AI Tools: Submitted manuscripts contain confidential, unpublished intellectual property and proprietary scientific findings. Peer reviewers are strictly prohibited from uploading, pasting, or feeding any part of a submitted manuscript—including the title, abstract, narrative text, datasets, tables, or figures—into public or commercial generative AI models, online translation platforms, or third-party cloud tools. Uploading privileged manuscript content into external AI engines breaches confidentiality, compromises copyright protections, and violates data privacy rights.
• Prohibition on AI-Generated Review Reports: Reviewers must not use generative AI software to analyze submitted papers, draft review comments, or generate peer evaluation reports. The peer review process relies on expert scientific judgment, contextual domain expertise, and rigorous critical analysis that AI tools cannot replicate. Using AI to author peer evaluation reports compromises scientific rigour, introduces potential algorithmic bias or hallucinated critiques, and constitutes a fundamental breach of trust in the peer review system.

• Editorial Confidentiality: Editors, Section Editors, and Guest Editors must uphold strict confidentiality regarding all submitted manuscripts, author communications, and peer review comments. Editors are prohibited from uploading submitted papers, peer review reports, or confidential internal correspondence into public or unvetted AI engines.
• Human Judgment in Editorial Decisions: Editors must not use AI tools to perform preliminary manuscript screening, evaluate research novelty, select peer reviewers, or determine final editorial decisions (such as Accept, Revise, or Reject). All editorial evaluations and publishing decisions must be made directly by qualified human editors applying independent scholarly discretion and professional editorial responsibility.
• Handling Policy Violations: If an editor suspects undisclosed AI usage, AI-generated content fabrication, or a breach of confidentiality by a reviewer involving AI tools, the Editorial Board will initiate an inquiry following COPE flowcharts. Confirmed violations may lead to manuscript rejection, revocation of reviewer status, or formal reporting to institutional bodies.