The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Technology Services department provides a list of approved generative AI tools on their Generative AI Resources page. Any application not on their list is not approved and should not be used with University solutions or devices. Please consult with your instructor, supervisor, and journal publication for their generative AI usage policies. Approach usability and application with caution and discretion.
The following are a few University Library database vendors who have implemented generative AI into their services. Please note that these are not permanent features and are subject to change based on contract updates.
There are an ever-growing number of AI tools, and keeping up with the state-of-the-art can be dizzying! While front-runners in closed-source, paid platforms are starting to become somewhat established among large tech players (Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Adobe, etc), the open-source movement in generative AI is fertile and varied! We present a few options of both in the below sections. Please note that running these open-source models locally often requires significant computer hardware, but you can also experiment with these tools via various cloud computing platforms