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*To simplify the experience and make Copilot more accessible to everyone, Bing Chat Enterprise has become Copilot. Learn more.

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Important:

Copilot is not HIPAA compliant yet. Copilot unlocks generative AI for capabilities around asking questions and generating responses from the web. It does, however, have some limitations, such as conducting custom searches within University of Miami firewalls. If you need any assistance around similar examples, or other potential use cases surrounding generative AI, please reach out to the Department of Data Science and Research Informatics at dsri@med.miami.edu or Academic Technologies at academictechnologies@miami.edu.

When using Copilot with Data Protection, exercise care when entering information into the prompt. Copilot with Data Protection is being offered for use with Public data only, as defined in our Data Classification Policy. Confidential (Restricted), Private, or Sensitive data may not be entered into Copilot with Data Protection. As with other services, do not include personal information about yourself or others in prompts. Similarly, when using the service, you must ensure adherence to copyright and intellectual property protections. Additional information on protecting privacy is available via our Information Security Policy and Acceptable Use of University Computing Facilities Policy.

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Copilot

Microsoft's AI-powered chat with data protection

Available for: UM faculty, staff, and students (ages 18+)

Login: copilot.microsoft.com

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Use Cases

You can use Copilot to get work done faster, be more creative, or support customers better. All of this can be done with the confidence that individual and business data is protected and will not leak outside the organization.

For example, Copilot can help you quickly generate content, analyze or compare data, summarize documents, learn new skills, write code, and much more. While doing this, you can be assured your organizational data is protected.

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Example Prompts for Faculty:
  • Draft content: "Create a research proposal on the topic of AI and its impact on society. Include the relevant research questions, methodology, and expected outcomes."

  • Personalize learning: "Generate a reading passage sample for my 3rd year computer science class about the history of programming languages, include three versions for Lexile levels 420L to 650L, 520L to 820L, 740L to 940L."

  • Brainstorm: "List 20 unique project ideas for my graduate students in the field of data science."

  • Summarize a PDF: "Recap the findings of this research paper on the impact of social media on mental health and list three recommendations and three challenges."

  • Improve efficiency: "Act as an expert in academic writing, review my manuscript to identify problems, and suggest changes that provide additional clarity and coherence."
Example Prompts for Staff:
  • Draft content: "Create a proposal on the topic of improving student retention rates. Include the relevant research questions, methodology, and expected outcomes."

  • Understand the implications of a decision: "What are the pros and cons of offline marketing strategies?" and "How can I measure the success of my offline marketing campaign?"

  • Learn new skills: "What are the top five things I should know when managing a large project?" and "What is agile project management and how does it differ from waterfall?"

  • Analyze data: "If we're forecasting 7% EPS growth this coming quarter, how does our internal forecast compare with EPS growth in the top US public CPG companies?"

  • Summarize a PDF: "Recap the findings of this internal efficiencies report and the top three concerns" and "What are best practices for addressing these kinds of inefficiencies?"

  • Generate social media content: "Use this messaging framework to generate five social media posts describing its value to healthcare workers."

Informational Videos

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Copilot (previously Bing Chat Enterprise) Explained

Watch this video to better understand what Copilot is and how it protects data.

Introducing Copilot (previously Bing Chat Enterprise)

Watch this video to learn more about Copilot, including how to use the new AI-powered chat tool.

About Copilot for the Web

Watch this video to get a better understanding of how Copilot can be utilized via the Microsoft Edge browser.

Frequently Asked Questions

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  • What is Copilot?

    Copilot (previously Bing Chat Enterprise) is Microsoft's AI-powered chat tool that is designed to offer a higher level of data protection for businesses. What goes in—and comes out—remains protected. Copilot is grounded in web data and provides complete answers with links to content sources, along with visual answers that include graphs, charts, and images—and is designed in line with Microsoft's AI principles.

  • What is the difference between Copilot and ChatGPT?

    Copilot is secure as it provides AI-powered chat for an organization with data protection. Conversely, ChatGPT is an open-source chatbot, which means anyone can access its code and modify it. This poses a security risk, as malicious actors can modify the code and use it to carry out cyberattacks.

    ChatGPT also has a specific limitation based on its accessibility of information. ChatGPT does not use the Internet to provide services to users, which restricts its knowledge of world affairs to only up until January 2022 and also means that it can't cross-reference with other sources to ensure that its responses are factual. On the other hand, Copilot has the ability to access the Internet for information purposes, so it has no knowledge restrictions of this type.

  • How does Copilot protect my data?

    Copilot uses Microsoft Entra ID (currently known as Azure Active Directory) for authentication and authorization, and it only allows users to access it with their University of Miami account. Individual and business data in Copilot is protected and will not leak outside the organization. Chat data is not saved, and Microsoft has no eyes-on access to it. What goes in—and comes out—remains protected. Chat data is also not used to train Microsoft's underlying models. Copilot complies with the standard Microsoft Privacy Policy and Terms of Use agreements.

    Important: Copilot is not HIPAA compliant yet. Copilot unlocks generative AI for capabilities around asking questions and generating responses from the web. It does, however, have some limitations, such as working with documents and/or conducting custom searches within University of Miami firewalls. If you need any assistance around similar examples, or other potential use cases surrounding generative AI, please reach out to the Department of Data Science and Research Informatics at dsri@med.miami.edu or Academic Technologies at academictechnologies@miami.edu.

  • How does Microsoft approach responsible AI?

    Microsoft's official statement –

    "Microsoft believes that when you create technologies that can change the world, you must also ensure that the technology is used responsibly. We are committed to creating responsible AI by design. Our work is guided by a core set of principles: fairness, reliability and safety, privacy and security, inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability. We are putting those principles into practice across the company to develop and deploy AI that will have a positive impact on society. We take a cross-company approach through cutting-edge research, best-of-breed engineering systems, and excellence in policy and governance."

  • Who can access Copilot?

    As per Microsoft's higher education use agreement, only faculty, staff, and students ages 18 and above can access Copilot* with commercial data protection.

    *Note: To access Copilot, the preferred Internet browser is Microsoft Edge. While Copilot may function on other browsers, use of Microsoft Edge enables a full range of Microsoft's AI-related features.

  • I noticed a sign-in pop-up within the Microsoft Edge browser when I'm logged in with my profile. What do I do to make the pop-up go away?

    This is a known issue within the Microsoft Edge browser on Mac (Apple) devices when signed in with your profile and Copilot is enabled; Microsoft is currently working on a fix. (For reference of what the pop-up looks like, see sample below.)


    In the meantime, to disable the sign-in pop-up, follow the steps below:

    • On the top-right of the Microsoft Edge browser, click the ellipses (...) and then select Settings.

    • Within the Settings panel, select Sidebar and then select Copilot.

    • Disable Copilot within the browser by toggling off the option to "show Copilot button on the toolbar" and "allow Copilot to use page content." Your selection is automatically saved.

Technical Support

For support, please contact the IT Service Desk – Coral Gables/Marine: 305-284-6565 or help@miami.edu; UHealth/MSOM: 305-243-5999 or help@med.miami.edu.

 

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