What It Means to Build Now: AI Dev Day 2026 Recap
AI is changing how technical work gets done at U-M — not just by introducing new tools, but by changing what it means to build.
Tag Archives: Artificial Intelligence
Join the 2026 AI & Health Symposium
The e-Health & Artificial Intelligence’s 5th annual AI & Health symposium is coming soon!
Upcoming Vulnerability Management (DS-21) Changes
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the sphere of cybersecurity threats to IT infrastructures. The number of attacks targeting the university is increasing, while the time between identification and exploitation is decreasing. ITS Information Assurance (IA) is cognizant of the shifting threat landscape and is finalizing updates to the Vulnerability Management (DS-21) standard. Vulnerability management is a critical component of… Read More »
AI Summit Explores Challenges and Opportunities for “Leaders and Best”
At the April 16 Summit “Everything That Is Wrong About AI: A Critical Look at Challenges & Opportunities,” co-hosted by ITS and the Provost’s Office, the U‑M community examined AI’s risks and benefits, and how the university could help lead and shape AI adoption.
AI Privacy News Roundup
As AI tools become increasingly ubiquitous, it is important to question how they are or are not protecting user data.
Michigan Medicine CoP Develops Free Dashboard Tool That Challenges Expensive BI Platforms
Researchers and staff across campus face a common frustration: valuable data sits locked in SharePoint lists, Excel files, and CSV exports, inaccessible to the people who need it most. Traditional business intelligence tools require expensive licenses, dedicated IT staff, and months of deployment cycles. A new open source tool developed at Michigan Medicine aims to eliminate those barriers entirely.
Tech Tip: PiccyBot
This month’s tip is PiccyBot, an AI app that provides spoken descriptions of photos and videos, helping blind and low-vision users gain greater independence.
The Paradox of AI Assistance: Better Results, Worse Thinking
A student reflects on how generative artificial intelligence is reshaping learning and cognitive development, urging colleges and universities to guide students toward responsible uses of AI to preserve critical thinking skills.
Worshiping at the Altar of AI
As people embrace ChatGPT and other AI tools and resources, University of Michigan anthropologist Webb Keane says it’s easy for people to grant moral authority over to AI but may find that AI is simply a mirror of the people and corporations who have built it.
Tech Tip: DuckDuckGo AI Chat
This month’s tip is DuckDuckGo AI Chat, a free and private way to use AI chatbots.
Meet OnboardingA2 Maizey: Helping new staff get their bearings at U-M with the help of U-M AI Tools
U-M recently rolled out an improved Ann Arbor campus New Employee Orientation, a new U-M Onboarding program, and OnboardingA2 Maizey, an AI-powered chatbot that delivers answers to common new-hire questions.
OpenAI’s o1 and o3-mini reasoning models now available through U-M GPT
Information and Technology Services is pleased to announce the integration of two new models into U-M GPT, the o1 and the o3-mini from OpenAI, which users can now access through the U-M GPT homepage dropdown menu. This update marks the first inclusion of ‘reasoning models’ to U-M’s AI services, which excel in the ability to perform tasks that require multi-step… Read More »
Introducing Go Blue: AI-powered mobile app for the U-M community
The University of Michigan has announced the release of Go Blue, a new AI-powered mobile app that has been specially designed for the U-M community.
Celebrating Data Privacy Day 2025
This year’s Data Privacy Day event focused on privacy in the age of AI. A recording is now available on Safe Computing.
Data Privacy Day event: Privacy in the Age of AI
Join Carnegie Mellon University’s Dr. Sauvik Das for a presentation exploring privacy in the age of AI on Jan. 28 at noon to celebrate Data Privacy Day 2025.
Fall 2024 Enhancements to Maizey AI
Earlier this fall, the Emerging Technology team within ITS released several improvements and new features for our custom generative AI tool, Maizey. As the academic year unfolds, these features will help faculty, staff, and students to streamline workflows, create and interact with custom AI tutors, and more.
How to Create Amazing AI Images Using DALL-E 3 in U-M GPT
All U-M students, faculty, and staff have been provided with no-cost access to OpenAI’s DALL-E 3, a fantastic text-to-image generating tool.
New Features, Extended Free Usage for U-M AI Services in 2024
The popular AI image generator DALL-E 3 and the newly updated GPT 4.0 Turbo available via UM-GPT at no cost.
Using GenAI to design floor plans and buildings
There is a lot to consider when designing places where humans live and work. How will the space be used? Who’s using the space? What are budget considerations? It is painstaking and time consuming to develop all of those details into something usable. What if Generative AI (GenAI) could help? We already know that it can be used… Read More »
UM-Flint improves course evaluation response rates using ChatGPT
A new course evaluation process at the University of Michigan-Flint is boosting response rates and helping more students have their voices heard.