The Center for AI Innovation is excited to announce that the UIUC Chat / Illinois Chat service has been chosen by the Office of the CIO for a Pilot Program to help steer its growth toward the future.
A select group of individuals have been chosen to explore Illinois Chat as the fastest and easiest way to train an AI assistant or chatbot. As part of this limited pilot they will receive free access to the OpenAI GPT-4.0 mini model and will be asked for their feedback on their experience with enhancing their projects and courses with this tool.
This program highlights some of the major reasons why Illinois Chat can be beneficial to their work at the University of Illinois.
Why Illinois Chat?
- Control Over Your Information Sources: Unlike vendor-driven sites like ChatGPT.com, all API interactions are contractually hidden and do not train on your data. You have full control over your information sources.
- Source Citation: Our chatbot provides source citations, allowing you to click through and trace back to the documents you uploaded.
- Robust Features: Enjoy robust authentication, sharing, monitoring, and support for many different language models.
Top Use Cases:
- AI Teaching Assistant: Create a virtual assistant for your courses that provides expert answers, cites sources, and encourages students to explore primary documents. It even integrates with Canvas.
- Literature Review Aid: Upload your academic PDFs or research papers, and let the chatbot help you identify relevant information and citations for your writing projects.
- Project Onboarding Companion: Integrate resources like GitHub repos and PDFs to efficiently onboard team members—the chatbot becomes a helpful guide through your project materials.
- Advanced Search Tool: Enhance your search capabilities by using Illinois Chat over your curated content, making information retrieval fast and reliable.
- User Analytics: When you share your AI assistant as a learning tool, Illinois Chat provides analytics on how users interact with it. This helps you better understand your audience’s needs, allowing you to tailor your content and improve their learning experience.
In the upcoming months we will hear more about specific Use Cases and the benefits they have received by working with Illinois Chat.