UChicago Generative AI Tools

The University of Chicago PhoenixAI Beta

PhoenixAI - Beta

The University developed this generative AI chat service, which is built with the latest large language models (LLM) from OpenAI and customized for the University community for its security, privacy, accessibility, and equity. For more information about the current features of PhoenixAI, view the release notes.

Features in the current beta version include:

  • MyGPT: Build custom AI assistants tailored to specific needs that are specifically designed to handle unstructured data and text-based inputs. 

  • Chat Interface: Similar to ChatGPT, PhoenixAI allows for dynamic interaction with queries and responses.

  • Data Security: Data submitted to PhoenixAI is kept within the UChicago environment and not shared with third-party vendors or used to train AI models.

  • Prompt Templates: Users can customize the chatbot's behavior and characteristics by using a prompt template.

Get started with PhoenixAI or view the PhoenixAI FAQ and Troubleshooting Guide. To learn more about MyGPT, visit the MyGPT Knowledge Base article and FAQ.

If you are interested in integrating PhoenixAI technology with other systems at the University, please contact ai-feedback@uchicago.edu.

 

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft Copilot is a generative AI-powered chat tool that is integrated with Microsoft’s Bing search engine to offer internet-connected AI answers and image generation. It is based on OpenAI’s GPT-4 and DALL-E 2 models.

Copilot is available to the public as a free tool. However, the University’s Microsoft 365 licensing agreement provides data and privacy protections that the public version does not offer. It is strongly recommended that users log in with their UChicago email while using Copilot for University-related searches. To get started, visit copilot.cloud.microsoft and log in with your UChicago account.

For more information about Microsoft Copilot, view the Knowledge Base article, Microsoft Copilot Overview.

GitHub Copilot Business

The University offers access to GitHub Copilot Business, an AI-powered software coding assistant developed by GitHub, OpenAI, and Microsoft. As a response to the interest in AI applications with code generation capabilities, the GitHub Copilot Business agreement provides this service and provides data protection through the University’s Microsoft contract.

Users of the tool will incur a cost for it and must be part of an existing enterprise GitHub organization. To request this feature, unit leaders may contact IT Services. 

Product Comparison

PhoenixAI Google Gemini Microsoft Copilot
AI Privacy Data remains in UChicago environment, not used to train models Data shared with Google for training models Data not used to train Microsoft models
Data Security* Internal Data or Public Data Public Data only Internal Data or Public Data
Saved Chats User can choose Yes Yes
Image Generation Not in current version Yes Yes
Internet Integration Not in current version Yes (Google) Yes (Bing)
UChicago Single Sign-On Yes No, personal account required Yes
AI Models GPT-4o Gemini GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo, DALL-E 3

*Restricted data should not be used in PhoenixAI or other generative AI tools.

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