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Generative AI Tools

AI is on the rise, and W&M IT is here to help you select the best tools. As new AI tools and services are introduced, and new AI features are integrated into existing tools, IT will review these tools and services to confirm they are accessible and secure. This is required even for free tools or services.   

To have a tool or service reviewed, please submit an IT Procurement Request through the Request IT application by selecting the "Service Request" option.  

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Approved Tools without Restrictions

These applications or services are approved for Sensitive, Protected & Non-Sensitive DataYour prompts and results are protected and not used to train public Al models.

Approved AI Tools at W&M

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Description

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Copilot Chat

Multi modal AI assistant 

Usage: Text generation, image generation, document summarization, website summarization, transcription. 

Included in M365 licenses 

Faculty/staff/students over 18

Learn more 

Copilot for Microsoft 365 

Multi modal AI assistant integrated into Microsoft 365 apps. 

Usage: Office productivity, text generation, image generation, document summarization, website summarization, transcription and much more. 

Licensed  

Available for Purchase 

Learn more

Adobe Firefly 

Create and manipulate images, videos, and designs through text. 

Usage: Image generation, video generation. 

Included in Adobe licenses 

Faculty/staff/students  

Learn more

Under Review 
Approved AI tools with restrictions

Tool

Description

Status

Blackboard Learn AI Design Assistant 

Easily build course structure, assessments, rubrics, and more in Blackboard Learn Ultra. 

Usage: For instructors and teachers to summarize course materials, generate courses, and more.  

Under Review 

Blackboard AI Conversations 

Study aide chat bot.  

Usage: Study assistant for students.  

Under Review

Grammarly AI 

Grammar and writing assistant. 

Usage: For students and faculty to improve writing quality and clarity. 

Under Review

Available but not supported

These tools are used by the university community and are generally approved by IT for purchase. However, they are not supported by IT and are only approved for use with nonsensitive, public data and not sensitive or protected university data. For more information, read the university's Data Classification Policy

Tool Description More info
ChatGPT ChatGPT is an AI language model developed by OpenAI, designed to understand and generate human-like text based on the input it receives. Learn more
Perplexity Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine. Like Google and other search engines, it can help you find answers to your queries.  Learn more