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Many of us have used or interacted with A.I.-driven tools already, examples including product, service, or content suggestions based on our age, gender, or browsing and buying history; captions, transcriptions, and translations; word prediction when we type or text; and more. A.I. is not new, but generative A.I., such as ChatGPT, represents a leap in this kind of technology.

The following are some examples (in alphabetical order) of A.I. tools that may be relevant in your or your students鈥� work. Please note: You are not permitted to require students use A.I. for coursework under聽 and AV俱乐部鈥檚 Protection of Personal Information Policy.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a smart chatbot created by OpenAI. It leverages A.I. to engage in human-like conversations with users. It can take what users say or ask, process it, and generate relevant and coherent鈥攁lbeit not always accurate鈥攔esponses. It's trained on a vast amount of data from the Internet, allowing it to provide information, answer questions, assist with problem-solving, and offer a wide range of language-based tasks. It 鈥渞emembers鈥� (and saves) previous conversations which set the context for future interactions.

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Example of ChatGPT

Elicit

This platform is described as a place to help with research. You can submit a research question, and it will respond with a list of published literature that may be relevant to your inquiry. An abstract summary is shown for each result, and the tool allows you to ask follow-up questions about each article. Results can be filtered by keywords, publication date, or study type; results can be sorted by paper title, year of publication, when a PDF of the article is available, and more.

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Example of Elicit

Explainpaper

This A.I. tool can help in summarizing or understanding academic papers. You can upload a paper, highlight a portion of the text, and it will provide you with a simpler explanation of that passage. In a text-based conversation, you can ask the tool to clarify or refine the result. A list of related resources is also shown.

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Example of Explainpaper

HuggingChat

HuggingChat is an 鈥渁lternative to ChatGPT鈥� and does not require an account to use. With your prompt, there鈥檚 an option to include a web search (although, in testing, there was no difference in response when web search was on or off). Throughout the site, including when you go to create an account, there are warnings that LLM responses may be biased, inaccurate, or false. Also, there is an option to disable data sharing in the app settings.

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Example of HuggingChat

Speaker Coach

This tool, available through PowerPoint, analyzes your presentations as you practice them aloud. At the end of your practice, you receive a rehearsal report, which provides a summary of your presentation, your pace (words per minute), and voice pitch. The analysis reveals filler words (including 鈥渦mm鈥�) that you used, words you said repetitively, and places where you read directly from the slide.

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Example of Speaker Coach