Artificial Intelligence at Miami
Artificial Intelligence and large-language models have taken the world by storm. Miami is no stranger to innovation and technological advancement, and we have been working behind the scenes to research and approve the use of these tools for our educational purposes. We’re happy to report that Google Gemini Chat, Zoom AI Companion, and Webex AI Assistant are now available for use with your Miami credentials.
Google Gemini Chat
Google Gemini Chat is free for Workspace for Education customers (like Miami!). We are delighted to be able to offer the generative tool to the Miami community for educational purposes. There are a few caveats to the use of generative AI that you should know before you start your journey with Gemini.
Here’s what you need to know about Gemini:
- Each member of the Miami academic community (faculty, staff, and students) is able to use Gemini 1,000 times per month
- Please review the Best Practices for Generative Artificial Intelligence Use as outlined in the Knowledge Base, in particular:
- Sensitive information must not be entered into or as the prompt in part or total of a generative AI tool. AI tools should only be used with data classified as public.
- When available, users should opt-out of permitting the use of entered data for learning / training models.
- AI tools do not provide any expectation of privacy or confidentiality for any information used as input or prompt.
Google has communicated to us that it is working on guardrails that will prevent Gemini and other tools from ingesting and using sensitive information; regardless, be vigilant in your use of these tools in alignment with Best Practices above.
*Please note that our subscription does not include access to Gemini Pro.
Introducing: AI Tools in Miami Conferencing Solutions
We also have AI capabilities in our various conferencing tools, including Zoom and Webex. The same best practices apply to these: Be aware of what information you are sharing.
Zoom AI Companion
The Zoom AI Companion is an artificial intelligence offering from Zoom that adds several features to improve virtual meetings and note-taking.
The AI Companion includes:
- Meeting summary capabilities
- AI companion questions based on the transcript
- Smart recording including meeting highlights and highlighting any next steps
- Whiteboard content generation
There are several things to note with regards to the Zoom AI Companion:
- The Zoom AI Companion doesn’t use our data to train AI models
- Only the host can start or stop the AI companion
- The AI companion can only answer questions based on content in the current meeting while it was enabled
For more information from Zoom about this service, please visit their website.
Webex AI Assistant
The Webex AI Assistant adds generative artificial intelligence to help with providing a cohesive experience across all Webex platforms.
The AI Assistant includes:
- Meeting summaries, saving you time by showing you what you might have missed
- Answers to questions based on meeting transcript
- Be-right-back summaries so you can step away from a meeting for a moment and make sure not to skip anything
For more information about the Webex AI tools, please visit their website.