Add AI policy to contribution guide

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+## AI-Use Disclosure
+<!-- Contributors must disclose whether and how AI tools were used and highlight any areas of uncertainty or where they want focused reviewer feedback -->
+
+- [ ] **AI tools were NOT used during the preparation of this PR**
+
+or
+
+- [ ] **AI tools contributed to the development of this PR**
+    - [ ] AI tools generated documentation (including the PR description/comments, code comments, and/or Sphinx documentation)
+    - [ ] AI tools generated tests (baselines, examples, and/or code)
+    - [ ] AI tools generated code (apart from tests)
+
+    *Review process (select ONE)*:
+    - [ ] **Rewritten**: All AI-generated content was rewritten by me before being committed.
+    - [ ] **Reviewed/verified**: I retained AI-generated content and verified it before committing. Verification included (as applicable):
+        - [ ] Ran the code and fixed issues
+        - [ ] Added and ran tests
+        - [ ] Checked correctness/logic of code and tests
+        - [ ] Checked for alignment with the contribution guide
+        - [ ] Considered security implications
+    - [ ] **As-is**: AI-generated content was commited directly to the repository
+
+ **Notes for reviewers (optional):** <!-- Where should reviewers focus? What are you least confident about? -->
+
 ### Legal Acknowledgement
 
 By contributing to this software project, I have read the [contribution guide](https://pyomo.readthedocs.io/en/stable/contribution_guide.html) and agree to the following terms and conditions for my contribution:

doc/OnlineDocs/contribution_guide.rst

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 version 6.3.Y. After the release of Pyomo 6.3.(Y+1), Python 3.A will be removed,
 and the next Pyomo release will be 6.4.0.
 
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+Use of Generative AI
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+
+Pyomo contributors are welcome to use AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Copilot/Codex) to
+draft code, tests, documentation, and commit messages. However, the author remains fully
+responsible for the correctness, security, licensing compliance, and maintainability of
+every changed line and must be prepared to explain design choices and review changed
+code personally before submitting. The use of PR and issue templates is mandatory and
+contributions that do not use the templates will be closed.
+
+PRs with substantial AI-generated portions often require significantly more reviewer
+time (including extra scrutiny of tests) and may therefore take longer to review or be
+deprioritized, especially when the author is not actively engaging with maintainers
+(e.g., responding promptly on the PR, coordinating by email, or participating in
+developer calls). To help us review efficiently, contributors must disclose whether and
+how AI tools were used and highlight any areas of uncertainty or where they want focused
+reviewer feedback.
+
+The use of an AI agent to autonomously open, or comment on, PRs or issues is not
+permitted. When interacting with maintainers please do not use AI to speak for you.
+The Pyomo Developers want to interact with humans, not chatbots. We reserve the right
+to close without review PRs and issues we deem to be "AI slop".
+
+We recognize that generative AI tools are rapidly evolving and this AI contribution
+policy will be updated regularly based on our observations. The following list includes
+specific items we are seeing with AI-generated code contributions and our expectations:
+
+    * **Use of ``mock`` in unit tests is prohibited**: We do not allow the use of ``mock``
+      in our unit tests unless the developer can provide solid justification as to its
+      necessity. We have observed that AI-generated unit tests excessively use ``mock`` to
+      write weak tests that ignore the broader context of the code being tested.
+    * **Keep comments concise and curated**: Humans are reading every comment on every
+      PR and issue. Help us out by keeping comments short and direct.
+
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