Rules and Regulations:

  • Teams can have a maximum of 4 members. A participant can only be a part of 1 team.
  • All submissions must be submitted on devpost by the specified deadline. Late submissions will not be accepted. We recommend submitting your project on devpost ~30 minutes prior to the deadline, and editing your submission if there is further progress.
  • All projects and code must be original, code cannot be reused from projects by you or other people.
  • Both hardware and software projects are permitted, however materials will not be provided.
  • We recommend creating a github repository to document your progress.
  • Any form of cheating, plagiarism, or dishonest behavior will result in immediate disqualification.
  • Participants are responsible for bringing their own laptops, chargers, and other equipment. However, desktop computers with school restrictions will be available.
  • In case of any disputes, the HSN Hacks organizers will have the final say. Their decision is final.
  • You must stay within your designated locations (no wandering around in the hallways).
  • For security reasons, once you leave the school, you cannot reenter.

 

HSNHacks: AI Policy

1. Ban

This ban applies to all aspects of the hackathon submission, including but not limited to:

Code Generation: Writing functions, classes, boilerplate, or debugging logic.

Content Creation: Generating pitch text, README files, documentation, or marketing copy.

2. Prohibited Tools 

The following types of tools are not allowed for use during the hacking period:

LLM Chatbots: ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, Perplexity, etc.

AI Code Assistants: GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Tabnine, Amazon CodeWhisperer, JetBrains AI, etc.

3. Permitted Tools

We encourage the use of standard development tools that do not generate new content. You MAY use:

Documentation & Search: Stack Overflow, official language documentation (Python docs), and Google Search.

Open Source Libraries: Standard frameworks (React, Django, etc.) and libraries found on npm/pip.

4. Verification & Enforcement

The HSNHacks team reserves the right to make the final rule on AI use.

If a team is suspected to be using AI, the HSNHacks team reserves the right to disqualify their project from the competition.