Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping how you work, teach, and innovate, with rapid advancements weaving AI into every facet of technology. At the Office of Innovative Technologies (OIT), we recognize AI’s transformative impact across research, education, and everyday workflows. From faculty and students to researchers leveraging high-performance computing, we aim to empower you with the tools and resources to navigate this new era responsibly and effectively.

OIT’s Commitment:

• Inclusive Support: Assist the diverse UT community in navigating AI’s complexities, offering personalized guidance for teaching, learning, and research, while respecting each individual’s unique journey.
• Cutting-Edge Resources and Partnerships: Through platforms like UT Verse and collaborations with leaders like Microsoft, OIT delivers state-of-the-art tools to enhance creativity, productivity, and research capabilities, including access to high-performance computing for advanced AI applications.
• Ethics and Best Practices: Prioritize security, data governance, and ethical considerations, curate resources, and develop standards to support responsible and innovative AI adoption.

Explore and Engage:

OIT invites you to explore AI resources, stay informed with the latest developments, and let OIT support your journey as AI transforms the academic and technological landscape. Together, we can lead the way in innovation, responsibility, and excellence.

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UT Verse AI Assistant

UT Verse AI Assistant is a chat-based, AI-powered platform specific to the University of Tennessee faculty, staff, and students. It is UT’s generative AI chat, where you can have AI conversations about topics geared toward the university community, instruction, business, and research.

Features:

• User and business data is protected and will not leak outside the organization.
• Chat data is not shared with third-party groups or used to train public AI models.
• Easy access to AI Chat.
• Create, manage, and share AI Assistants with customized format, tone, and branding.
• Select accessible features to customize your experience.
• Export chat results to Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Manage different threads and upload documents to prompt questions and analyze content.
• Assistive coding tools compatible with ~300 languages to help with programming and scripting
• Manage access with UT Microsoft 365 accounts.

Access UT Verse AI Assistant by signing in with your UT email address and password.

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Microsoft Copilot

Copilot is Microsoft’s AI-powered chat platform for searching for information, creating content, and communicating with others. Chat with Copilot for relevant and up-to-date results from various sources, generate original and engaging content, assist with writing and editing your content, and help locate additional information on your topic.

Use Copilot for general AI conversations that do not include conversations about your research or proprietary university data. You can write prompts related to creating assignments, media campaigns, looking up Excel commands, creating images, and more.

Learn more about Copilot on Microsoft’s website.

Access Copilot by signing in with your UT email address and password.

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Teaching and Learning with AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers transformative opportunities to ethically and effectively further our institutional mission. The Office of Innovative Technologies is dedicated to actively educating our academic community on teaching and learning with artificial intelligence. Explore the following topics related to teaching and learning with AI:

• Applications of AI in Education
• Guidance on AI Adoption
• Opportunities and Challenges
• Prompting and AI Assistant Creation
• Additional Resources

Watch OIT’s AI and Teaching video that underscores the importance of guiding students in ethical AI use to avoid misuse and suggests integrating AI into classroom activities to foster a culture of inquiry and curiosity (2min 54sec).

Learn more about Teaching and Learning with AI

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AI Tennessee Initiative Resources

High-performance computing resources for AI Tennessee Initiative projects are available on the ISAAC Next Generation cluster (ISAAC NG). These resources are provided to the University of Tennessee community by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development (ORIED), and the AI Tennessee Initiative with collaboration and support from OIT. 

Learn more about the available AI Tennessee Initiative resources in the ISAAC NG cluster and how to get access to these resources at HPSC: AI Tennessee Initiative Resources and Access.