Expanded set of powerful AI tools for the UMBC community

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:18:43 -0400
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UMBC’s Division of Information Technology announced the expanded availability of powerful AI tools to support the UMBC community in teaching, learning, research, and productivity.

All UMBC accounts now have access to the free version of Google Gemini, which has a wide range of AI-powered features that can assist with writing, brainstorming, and information-gathering tasks. The Gemini suite also includes the new notebookLM system that helps users understand and organize information from uploaded documents. It can also generate audio overviews of that information and Gemini’s Deep Research tool. Paid licenses for Gemini Advanced will be available in some cases.

All UMBC accounts now have default access to the free version of Microsoft Copilot, which provides a model for brainstorming, email generation, and more. Paid licenses for Copilot Pro that allow integration with the Microsoft 365 suite (Word, Excel, Teams, …) are available in some cases.

UMBC now has a local instance of Amplify, an innovative AI tool developed by Vanderbilt University that provides access to commercial AI models hosted within UMBC's secure cloud environment, including from OpenAI, such as GPT-4o or o1 series, Meta Llama, or Anthropic Claude models. Access to UMBC's Amplify is available to faculty and staff upon submission of an access request.
See DoIT’s GenAI Tools page for more information.