Information Systems AI chat tool adds, improves functions for students
ChatISA 4.30 adds a new function and improves on a previously installed tool
Information Systems AI chat tool adds, improves functions for students
An AI-powered digital tool for Farmer School students has received additions and upgrades for fall 2025.
Farmer School of Business professor Fadel Megahed said that ChatISA, built and maintained by Megahed and Joshua Ferris, now includes OpenAI's GPT-5-Chat and GPT5-Mini, Anthropic's Sonnet 4, and Cohere's Command A models, bringing the total number of Language Learning Models in use to 16.
Megahed said that the Interview Mentor tool now fully supports speech-to-speech interactions, i.e., a student does not have to write anything once they put in the context and can talk naturally with AI.
Students can also compare the output from multiple AI providers side by side. The comparison is not limited to text/code prompts, but can natively, when possible, include images, PDFs, and other files.
Watch: ChatISA explainer
ChatISA's first iteration was created to help information systems and analytics students learn to program in Python and R languages. Megahed and Ferris have since added an exam practice tool and a team project coaching tool.
Megahed also helped create a Farmer School advising chatbot to assist students earlier this year.
