Artificial Intelligence (AI)

What Is It?

The AI service provides UIC students, faculty, and staff with secure, institutionally-supported access to generative AI tools and platforms. These tools enable responsible exploration and integration of AI technologies such as natural language generation, summarization, image generation, and more - tailored for academic, research, and administrative use cases. GenAI tools are governed by university policies that prioritize privacy, data security, accessibility, and transparency.

Other Service Names

  • Generative AI
  • GenAI Tools
     

Features

  • Access to institutionally licensed AI platforms such as Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Box AI, Zoom AI Assistant, Adobe Creative Suite, and more.
  • Support for text generation, summarization, code suggestions, and content refinement
  • Secure environment aligned university data classifications
  • Integration guidance for research, teaching, and administrative workflows
  • Access control via NetID

Where Can I Get It?

With a growing variety of AI tools available to the UIC community, there are different steps needed to engage with each tool.

As a first step for all AI tools, individuals must opt in to using these tools by reviewing and accepting the UIC AI Risk Acceptance Terms via the Opt In to UIC AI Tools button on this page.

Once the opt-in request has been processed, some tools can be used immediately, while others require additional purchase. See additional details on the respective offering page linked below.

No-Cost Tools

Paid License Tools

How Do I Use It?

Instructions for accessing and using each tool can be found on its respective offering page linked just above. For additional guidance and training on use of generative AI tools, we recommend enrollment in the Google Accelerator Program.

How Can I Find Out More?

Technology Solutions welcomes any questions you have about this service. Please reach out to us.

 
Opt In to UIC AI Tools Enroll in Google Accelerator Professional AI Certifications

Service Offerings (8)

Box AI
Box AI is a generative AI-powered feature integrated into UIC’s Box cloud storage platform.
Google Accelerator: Professional AI Certifications
Google Accelerator: Professional AI Certifications is an educational initiative designed to provide specialized training in artificial intelligence.
Google Gemini
Google Gemini is a multimodal AI-powered conversational assistant and collaboration tool.
Google NotebookLM
Google NotebookLM is an AI-powered personalized research assistant that acts as a virtual thinking partner.
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft 365 Copilot combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with UIC's data to turn your words into one of the most powerful productivity tools on the planet.
Microsoft Copilot Chat
Copilot Chat is AI chat grounded in data from the web and powered by the latest large language models (LLMs), with features like Copilot Pages, file upload, and image generation.
Zoom AI Companion
Zoom AI Companion is an integrated, generative AI assistant built into the Zoom platform.