ChatGPT Education

ChatGPT Education is now available to the Columbia University community. This service offers enhanced security and privacy. Users will have access to the latest model of ChatGPT. The Education platform includes the Advanced Data Analysis, GPT Builder tool, DALL·E image creation/edition, and integrated browsing with Bing feature.

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Updates

View the latest Model and Feature Updates here.

  • Data protection with enhanced security measures, ensuring privacy through robust encryption within a secure, walled garden environment.
  • Highest standards of compliance, the platform is GDPR-ready and HIPAA-compliant (BAA in place) to safeguard sensitive information at all times.
  • OpenAI does not use or train on conversations or any uploaded data. 
  • ChatGPT Education meets SOC 2 standards, and all dialogues are safeguarded with encryption both during transmission (using TLS 1.2 or higher) and when stored (using AES 256).
  • ChatGPT Education runs on the industry's most mature AI model, designed for peak performance and reliability.
  • The service scales seamlessly with high-speed access using the scalable and reliable infrastructure, designed to support growth.
  • Easy to use simple, user-friendly interface, designed for an intuitive experience.
  • Access to Dall-e, and powerful data analytics for informed decision-making.
  • Multiple files in different format can be uploaded.
  • Create GPT bots.

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Pricing

  • $300 annually per user UNI via chart string. 

 

Office Hours

CUIT will host open office hours to answer user questions. Please use the links below to register in advance.

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AI Consultation

We provide consultations to understand your needs and ensure our AI services align with your requirements. To discuss how our AI services can support your specific use cases and workflows, please request a consultation at [email protected].

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Guidelines for Using ChatGPT Education at Columbia University

ChatGPT Education is an advanced generative AI tool available for faculty and staff, at Columbia University. To ensure responsible and effective use of this technology, these guidelines provide best practices and ethical considerations. Please also refer to Columbia's comprehensive Generative AI Guidelines for more detailed policies regarding the use of AI across the university.

1. General Usage Guidelines

• Use ChatGPT Education responsibly and ensure accuracy, fairness, and ethical considerations in your work.
• Avoid relying on AI-generated content for final outputs or submissions without proper verification.
• Ensure that you follow all university data protection, privacy, and intellectual property policies.

2. Data and Privacy

• Do not enter sensitive or personal data into ChatGPT Education, including confidential or proprietary information.
• Ensure that any data used aligns with Columbia’s privacy and data protection guidelines.

3. Academic Integrity and Plagiarism

• ChatGPT Education should not be used to bypass academic integrity standards.
• Students and faculty must avoid using ChatGPT to produce original work that could be misrepresented as their own.
• Cite AI-generated content when applicable and ensure transparency in AI-assisted work.

4. Ethical Use and Limitations of AI

• Be mindful of the ethical implications of AI-generated content.
• Understand the limitations of AI tools; AI outputs may contain inaccuracies, biases, or unintended consequences.
• Engage critically with AI responses and corroborate information with trusted sources.

FAQs

All conversations in ChatGPT Education are encrypted in transit using TLS 1.2 or higher and at rest using AES 256 encryption. OpenAI or any third party will not have access to conversations or data uploaded to Education.

Yes, ChatGPT Education supports advanced math functionality in conversations and within Advanced Data Analytics.

Please provide us with your chart string and Columbia UNI to request access.

Here are OpenAI’s Terms of use and Privacy policy. Your chats are securely stored and never deleted.

OpenAI or any other third-party will not use data submitted by end users via ChatGPT Education to train or improve OpenAI’s models. No other user can access your prompt and completion data unless by legal request for eDiscovery purposes, whereby OpenAI will contact our administrators.

The maximum length of a message you can submit to ChatGPT Education is ~ 8,192K tokens context window or 6,000 words.

50,000 - 75,000 tokens every 3 hours.