These tools offer free use with a self-created account but do not offer data protection, so you should be careful about sharing sensitive data. In particular, do not input information covered by FERPA, personally identifiable information, or academic and administrative data we would not put on a public website.

Recommended for NYU:

  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Researchers
  • Administrators

These tools are examples of many available offerings that can be useful for drafting, exploring, or connecting dots on publicly available information. For example, you might ask one of these tools to create a table that shows the top-rated places to visit in the US and which national parks are located nearby.

Name Description Use Cases Eligibility Access
ChatGPT:
Free Public Version 		Public version of OpenAI’s chatbot that uses generative AI and natural language processing to simulate human-like conversations and perform a variety of language-based tasks. This offers no privacy protection. For non-sensitive and non-business uses only, such as experimentation, drafting non-personalized communications, or general information searches. Take note not to include names or personal, or business information. Anyone who creates a free account. • Create an OpenAI account

• Once authorized, log in
Bard AI chatbot created by Google. This offers no privacy protection. For non-sensitive and non-business uses only, such as experimentation, drafting non-personalized communications, or general information searches. Take note not to include names or personal, or business information.
 Anyone who creates a free account. • Use a non-nyu.edu email address to create an account

• Once authorized, log in
Bing Chat AI chatbot integrated into Microsoft’s Bing search engine and Edge web browser. This offers no privacy protection. For non-sensitive and non-business uses only, such as experimentation, drafting non-personalized communications, or general information searches. Take note not to include names or personal, or business information.

• Microsoft's site lists some use cases 		Anyone who creates a free account.