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Officials said USC is embracing the power and potential of artificial intelligence by offering free AI tools to all students, faculty and staff beginning this fall.
Through a $1.5 million partnership with OpenAI, USC’s Columbia campus will become the first in the state to offer free enterprise access to ChatGPT, the world’s leading AI tool for automation and content generation.
For students, appropriate use of AI can improve academic outcomes by providing personalized study aids, learning tools and time management assistance, officials said.
Faculty and staff can use ChatGPT to reduce administrative burden and gain efficiencies in developing lesson plans, grading, analyzing data, research tasks, and much more.
Importantly, the officials said, USC’s adoption of an enterprise AI system will allow for much greater security of data and information generated by the campus community.
USC system campuses will have the option to adopt the technology through the partnership approved Friday.
The Board also approved Friday a new interdisciplinary undergraduate certificate program in Artificial Intelligence Literacy.
The certificate – which will be offered this fall – will consist of two required courses about the capabilities and ethical use of AI and two elective courses relating AI to students’ majors.
Officials said this is the fifth certificate program offered by USC for all students and designed to arm them with practical, in-demand skills.
Previous offerings include Project Leadership and Management, Digital Studies, Data Analyses, and Strategic Communication.
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