Description
Cornell’s guidelines seek to balance the exciting new possibilities offered by AI tools with awareness of their limitations and the need for rigorous attention to accuracy, intellectual property, security, privacy, and ethical issues.
A key to exploring AI tools centers on important choices about which tools we use and the privacy and protection of an individual’s personal information and institutional data. Free AI tools that are not offered by Cornell/CCE do not provide any material protection of data and should not be used to share or process association information.
Cornell Approved AI Tools
For a full listing of descriptions and new tools currently under review, visit Cornell IT's page at https://it.cornell.edu/ai
NOTE: Please remember to sign in with your Cornell account credentials when using these services. Not only will you gain access to additional features and services, but our Cornell accounts also offer enhanced protection to address data privacy concerns.
Microsoft Copilot
https://copilot.cloud.microsoft
Copilot Chat
- University-wide “private” version of ChatGPT and Dall-E enables faculty, staff, and students who are 18 years of age or older to experiment with generative AI text, image, and coding tools without storing the person’s login and chat data or being used to train the large language models.
- To use Copilot, visit copilot.microsoft.com and sign in with your NetID and password to use the protected version. Copilot works on any browser; for the most features, use the Microsoft Edge browser.
- CIT Training info: Copilot AI Training | IT@Cornell
Copilot AI Image Creator
- Microsoft Copilot includes an AI Image Creator (DALL-E 3 model from OpenAI) that allows users to generate images from text descriptions.
- Note: Currently there is no option to create shareable link for the AI generated image created, the only option is to download and save the image.
- Cite Example:
“An educator teaching a nutrition class”, image generated by AI - Microsoft Copilot (1/14/2025) https://copilot.microsoft.com
Microsoft Editor
- Microsoft Editor is an AI-powered service that helps bring out your best writer in more than 20 languages, whether you're writing a Word doc, composing an email message, or posting on a website like LinkedIn or Facebook.
- Editor is a free service to assist with grammar and spelling in Word and Outlook.
- More information:
Zoom AI Companion
Zoom AI Companion | IT@Cornell
- Zoom's AI Companion gives hosts and participants sharable meeting summaries and next-steps lists, “highlight reels” in recordings, catch-up options for people joining a meeting late, and more.
- More information:
Adobe Firefly
https://firefly.adobe.com
- Firefly is a generative AI tool that uses licensed content, such as Adobe Stock, and public domain content to create images, vectors, and text effects. Firefly is available as a web app and as a feature in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and Adobe Express.
- Review: Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines
- Note: If Adobe designates in the product or elsewhere that a beta version of a generative AI feature cannot be used commercially, then the generated outputs from that beta feature are for personal use only and cannot be used commercially.
- Licensing restrictions:
- Adobe Creative Cloud licensed users have 1,000 monthly credits to use to create AI generated images
- Any person without a Creative Cloud license has 25 monthly credits.
- Cite Example:
“Dairy cows in field”, image generated by AI - Adobe Firefly (1/13/2025)
URL: https://firefly.adobe.com/public/t2i?id=urn%3Aaaid%3Asc%3AUS%3Ac9e51e0b-b02c-40d4-a849-20389fda6ab5&ff_channel=shared_link&ff_source=Text2Image
Consult with an AI Expert
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