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.
Approved Tools without Restrictions
These applications or services are approved for Sensitive, Protected & Non-Sensitive Data. Your prompts and results are protected and not used to train public Al models.
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Multi modal AI assistant Usage: Text generation, image generation, document summarization, website summarization, transcription. |
Included in M365 licenses |
Faculty/staff/students over 18 |
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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 |
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Create and manipulate images and designs through text. Usage: Image generation. |
Included in Adobe licenses |
Faculty/staff/students |
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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. |
Included with Blackboard |
Faculty/staff/students |
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Study aide chat bot. Usage: Study assistant for students. |
Included with Blackboard |
Faculty/staff/students |
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ChatGPT is an AI language model developed by OpenAI, designed to understand and generate human-like text based on the input it receives. Usage: Text generation, Image generation, summarization, data analysis, and much more. |
Licensed |
Available for Purchase |
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Gemini is a multimodal AI model from Google, designed to process multiple types of data-like text, images, audio, and video. Usage: Assists with writing, summarizing, and brainstorming; integrates with Google tools for productivity. |
Included with Google Workspace License |
Faculty/staff/students |
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Grammar and writing assistant. Usage: For students and faculty to improve writing quality and clarity. |
Licensed |
Faculty/staff/students |
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 non-sensitive, public data and not sensitive or protected university data. AI tools must be tied to a @wm.edu in order to be approved.
For more information, read the university's Data Classification Policy.
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| 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 |
| Claude | Claude is an AI chatbot developed by Anthropic, and is designed to have natural, text-based conversations and can perform various tasks, such as summarization, editing, Q&A, decision-making, and code-writing. | Learn more |
Prohibited
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| DeepSeek AI | DeepSeek AI is a Chinese artificial intelligence company that develops large language models (LLMs). | Learn more |