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UPDATED: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Privacy |
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ChatGPT |
ChatGPT licenses are now available to UConn faculty and staff through Information Technology Services (ITS). Through an official agreement with OpenAI, the organization that developed ChatGPT, the license ensures secure and compliant use of university data within the ChatGPT environment. With your ChatGPT license, you can enter or upload information into the model securely. If you plan to use ChatGPT in your work at UConn, it is important that you are doing so through a UConn license and not through the free version, which does not have the required privacy and security controls to protect University data. |
| LEARN MORE ABOUT CHATGPT |
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Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat |
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Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat are also both fully secure under UConn's agreement with Microsoft, which means they are safe to use with UConn's data. As long as you are signed in with your UConn credentials, your prompts, the information retrieved, and the responses generated are not used to train the underlying AI models. Learn more about Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. |
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What is AI? |
AI technologies can mimic higher-level thinking and perform tasks that typically require human input. Online AI tools, like Microsoft 365 Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, and ChatGPT, use natural language processing and machine learning, which allow them to interact with users and create content. They are "trained" on the information they analyze and use this knowledge for future interactions.
The AI tools provided by the University through licensed agreements with ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, are safe to use in your work at UConn. Any other use of AI presents a risk that the University’s protected or confidential information may be inadvertently shared and become publicly available as a result of training the underlying AI models. |
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Which UConn Policies Apply to AI Use? |
Data Classification Policy |
If housed in the cloud, protected and confidential data is required to be stored only on information systems managed or contracted by the University. Sharing information with other online systems (e.g., opensource cloud solutions, free software-as-a-service offerings, etc.) is not permitted. |
| VIEW THE DATA CLASSIFICATION POLICY |
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FERPA Policy |
University officials may not disclose FERPA-protected student information through any means including AI tools. We may only share student information with a contracted vendor when the vendor is performing a service or function on behalf of the University. |
| VIEW THE FERPA POLICY |
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