AI Policy

ARI may use AI-supported features on this website to help visitors understand articles, publications, newsletters, research material, media items, and public-health information more easily.

These tools are designed to support learning, accessibility, and public understanding. They are not intended to replace original documents, expert judgment, medical advice, legal advice, or official ARI positions.

AI-supported features may be used for the following purposes:

• To summarize articles, publications, newsletters, and research content.
• To explain public-health, tobacco control, smoking cessation, and tobacco harm reduction topics in simple language.
• To prepare key points, short explanations, and public-friendly summaries.
• To provide English and Urdu explanations where available.
• To support visitors who want easier access to complex policy or research material.
• To create AI-assisted educational content based on saved website information and available source material.

AI responses on this website may be based on saved website content, article summaries, publication summaries, key points, transcripts, newsletters, reports, and other information available in ARI’s website database.

Where an article or report is based on an external source, AI may use the information saved on the ARI website and the available source link. AI should not be treated as a substitute for reading the original source document.

AI-generated responses may be incomplete, inaccurate, unclear, outdated, or limited by the information available to the system. AI may also misunderstand a question or produce a response that needs human review.

Visitors should verify important information from original sources, official documents, qualified experts, or ARI’s formal publications where necessary.

• AI responses should not be treated as final professional advice.
• AI may not include all context, limitations, or source details.
• AI-generated summaries may simplify complex issues.
• AI may not always reflect the latest research or policy changes.

AI-supported content on this website is provided for general information, education, and public understanding. It should not be treated as medical, legal, clinical, financial, or professional advice.

Visitors should consult qualified professionals before making decisions related to health, treatment, law, regulation, policy, or other professional matters.

AI may support the preparation of summaries, explanations, and user-friendly content. However, ARI may review, edit, approve, update, or remove AI-assisted content where needed.

AI-assisted material should support human understanding, not replace editorial judgment, expert analysis, or original research.

AI-supported tools may provide content in English and Urdu. ARI aims to keep English simple and easy to understand, and Urdu in proper Urdu script.

Translations or summaries may not always be perfect. Visitors should check original sources where precision is important.

When visitors use AI-supported features, their selected options, questions, generated answers, technical information, or basic usage data may be temporarily or permanently logged for service improvement, troubleshooting, safety, analytics, or content quality review.

Visitors should avoid submitting sensitive personal, medical, legal, financial, or confidential information into AI tools.

Where AI-supported tools are used, ARI aims to make it clear that the response was generated with AI assistance. AI disclaimers may appear near AI-generated results.

Visitors are encouraged to treat AI responses as helpful explanations, not as official source documents.

ARI may update this AI Policy as website tools, AI features, editorial practices, or legal requirements change.

The updated version will be posted on this page.

For questions about this AI Policy, visitors may contact ARI through the official contact page of this website.