You should be cautious about entering any copyrighted material into the prompt of any generative AI tool.
Here are a few scenarios to consider:
These AI tools have been reviewed for safety and data privacy by St. John Fisher University's Office of Information Technology. The prompts you enter will not be used outside of our organization. Therefore, these tools are listed below as protected generative AI tools for use by faculty, staff, and students at Fisher.
There are many other generative AI tools that can only be accessed via personal account creation outside the systems and infrastructure that Fisher maintains and supports. You must evaluate if you want to create an account on these platforms and if you are comfortable sharing any of your own personal information necessary to create the account. For more information you can visit St. John Fisher University's AI Toolkit: How To Access AI Tools.
You can access Copilot from any major web browser, including Chrome, Safari, or Microsoft Edge. Go to https://copilot.microsoft.com/ to begin using this tool. You must be logged in with your Fisher account in order to ensure the data you enter into Copilot is protected under our Fisher licensing. This means the data is not used outside our organization to train the large language model overall. To make sure you are logged in, verify you see your name and the protected indicator in the upper right corner. Need help logging in? Contact the OIT Service Desk (585-385-8016 or oitservicedesk@sjf.edu) for assistance.
You must be logged in with your Fisher account in order to ensure the data you enter into Gemini is protected under our Fisher licensing. This means the data is not used outside our organization to train the large language model overall. To make sure you are logged in, verify you see your name in the upper right corner of the window and your Fisher email appears when you hover over that location. Need help logging in? Contact the OIT Service Desk (585-385-8016 or oitservicedesk@sjf.edu) for assistance.
As a researcher, there are many ways you can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Language Learning Modules (LLM) for your scholarship. Below is a brief overview of how you can use these tools. For more information or in-depth support reach out to the DePeters Family Center for Innovation and Teaching Excellence or your liaison librarian.
What to consider when using these tools in scholarship?
There are many AI powered research tools that can help you start a literature search. These tools, like ConnectedPapers or Scopus, use AI to connect literature through citation tracking and mapping. Some of the tools create literature maps or graphs to show you how different sources are used across the scholarly conversation. A list of selected tools is available below; you can also refer to Fisher's AI Toolkit:
As AI technology evolves, publishers, disciplinary associations, and publication manuals are working to develop ways to acknowledge when AI was used. Make sure to check a publisher's website before submitting a manuscript to know if you should be acknowledging use of AI and how they want that acknowledgment to be formatted.
These tools use AI differently than Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT. They are research-focused. They allow you to conduct literature searches in order to find articles on your topic.
Each of these tools can show you earlier papers referenced in an article and show you who has cited an article since it was published.
You can set up your own account to use these tools.