Generative AI

10-423 + 10-623 + 10-723, Fall 2025
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University

Spring 2026 Information

Carnegie Mellon University plans to record audio, photos, and video of Generative AI (10-423 / 10-623 / 10-723) lectures and recitations, (the “Recordings”), with the aims of making the content of the course more widely available and contributing to public understanding of innovative learning (the “Projects”). As part of the Projects, the Recordings, or edited versions of them, may be made available to other Carnegie Mellon students, to students at other educational institutions, and to the broader public via the Internet, television, theatrical distribution, digital media, or other means. One of the ways it is expected that the Recordings, or edited versions of them, will be made publicly available is under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA) license. The Recordings also may be used to make other derivative works in the future. Students may elect not to appear in photos and video used in the Projects and may still participate fully in this course.

To attend this course, you will need to sign online an Acknowledgement and Authorization in the following form:

Unless I exclude myself from the Projects’ photos and video as described below and take any other steps outlined by the instructor to avoid being filmed, I understand and agree that Carnegie Mellon University and its designees may make and use Recordings of my participation in this course, and that the Recordings may include my image, name, and voice.

If I do not wish any photos or video of me to be used as part of the Projects, I understand and agree that:

  • If I am participating in this course in a classroom or other course location, I must sit in the designated “no-film” zone of the classroom or location, and must not walk in the field of view of the cameras.
  • If I am participating in this course online, the video from my own camera will not be included in the Recordings.
  • Even if I opt out of the Projects’ photos and video, my voice will be recorded if I am participating online, and may be picked up by microphones outside the “no-film” zone if I am in a classroom or other location, and my spoken name also may be included in the Recordings.
  • I understand that I am free not to be included in the Projects’ photos and video in this way, and that this will not affect my grade or my ability to participate in course activities.

I hereby confirm and provide to Carnegie Mellon the perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide right and license to publish, reproduce, exhibit, distribute, broadcast, edit and/or digitize the Recordings in publications, films, telecasts, exhibitions, web sites (including social media), DVDs, or in any other form, and for any purpose that Carnegie Mellon deems appropriate, and to permit others to do so.

I understand that the Recordings may include information which may be deemed to be personally identifiable information from my student education records and student treatment records under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act or other applicable laws. I have been advised of my rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and am entering into this Authorization freely and voluntarily.

I am signing this Authorization and Acknowledgement Form with the intention to be legally bound by it. I am at least 18 years of age, competent to sign this document. I am signing it voluntarily, having read and understood it.

If you have any questions about the above, contact mgormley+recordings@cs.cmu.edu

Q: How can I learn more about the Spring 2026 offering?

A: The pages on this website are for the Fall 2025 offering of 10-423 / 10-623 / 10-723. However, they offer a nice picture of what the course in Spring 2026 is likely to be like.

Q: Who is teaching the course in Spring 2026?

Aran Nayebi and Matt Gormley.

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