Our research is open.
The research behind this site sits in a public repository, free to read and reuse. If you find something wrong, tell us and we’ll fix it.
c4site/open-research, under CC BY 4.0
What’s in it.
guides/- The research file for each of the 19 tool guides, every line tagged with its source (1297 sources in all), and the steps for each connection. On the site
data/- Where your data goes: each AI assistant and plan, as JSON and as a spreadsheet, with every cell’s sources. On the site
rules/- What the rules say: each document, who published it, when, and what it says, with links. On the site
it-sounded-right/- Every question we asked, every answer each model gave, the settings, the answer key with its sources, and the mark on each answer. On the site
templates/- The 4 templates as Word and Markdown files. On the site
changes/- The guides’ change log. On the site
Reuse it.
Everything in the repository is under CC BY 4.0. You can copy and adapt it for any purpose, work included. Keep a line that says where it came from: C4Site, c4site.com.au.
Words we quote from vendors, regulators and courts stay theirs. We quote them so you can see what each page said on the day we read it.
Tell us we’re wrong.
Every fact names the page it came from and the date we read it. Tools change, and we make mistakes. If something’s out of date or wrong, open an issue on GitHub, or email hello@c4site.com.au with the page and the source that shows it. We’ll check it and fix it, and the fix goes in the change log.
Everything free on this site.
- AI in your toolsWhat AI is built into 19 tools teams already use, and which AI connects to them.
- Where your data goesWhat each AI assistant does with what you type, plan by plan.
- What the rules sayWhat Australian regulators, courts and education bodies have published about AI.
- TemplatesA one-page AI policy, a never-paste list, a tools register and lines for saying AI helped.
- It sounded rightQuestions we asked AI models, every answer they gave, and what the sources say.
- What’s changedWhat changed in the tools since we last checked them.
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