Griya Journal of Mathematics Education and Application recognizes the increasing use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and similar technologies, in academic writing and research. The journal supports the responsible, ethical, and transparent use of such tools under the following conditions:

1. Permitted Use
   Authors may use GenAI tools to improve language clarity, grammar, readability, translation, and manuscript formatting. GenAI tools may also be used as part of research or educational activities when their use is relevant to the research objectives and is appropriately described in the manuscript. However, GenAI must not be used to fabricate or falsify data, generate fictitious research results, manipulate findings, create false references, or produce unsupported conclusions.

2. Disclosure Requirement
   Authors must disclose any substantive use of GenAI tools during manuscript preparation in the Acknowledgement, Methodology, or other appropriate section of the manuscript. The disclosure should specify the name of the tool used and its purpose. When GenAI is used as part of the research methodology, learning intervention, instructional medium, data analysis process, or other research-related activity, its role, procedures, and implementation must be clearly described in the Methodology section to ensure transparency and reproducibility.

3. Authorship Responsibility
   GenAI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors because they cannot assume responsibility for the content of a manuscript or meet the criteria for authorship. Human authors remain fully responsible for the originality, accuracy, validity, reliability, and integrity of their manuscripts, including all data, analyses, citations, findings, interpretations, and conclusions. Authors must carefully review, verify, and, where necessary, correct all AI-assisted content before submission.

4. Peer Review and Editorial Process
   Editors and reviewers must uphold academic integrity, confidentiality, and independent scholarly judgment when using GenAI tools. GenAI may be used for limited language assistance but must not replace the intellectual assessment required in evaluating the originality, relevance, methodology, mathematical accuracy, validity of findings, and contribution of a manuscript. Editors and reviewers must not upload submitted manuscripts, unpublished data, or confidential peer-review materials into publicly accessible GenAI systems when doing so could compromise confidentiality, intellectual property, or data protection.

5. Ethical Compliance
   Any undisclosed, misleading, or inappropriate use of GenAI that compromises academic integrity, research authenticity, mathematical accuracy, originality, or the reliability of reported findings may result in manuscript rejection, correction, article retraction, or other appropriate editorial actions in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies and the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).