Work faster, think bigger with UAB ChatGPT
The UAB ChatGPT Service enables UAB faculty and staff to use OpenAI's ChatGPT to enhance productivity, streamline tasks, and support teaching, research, and administrative work.
UAB IT · Generative AI
OpenAI ChatGPT Service
Available through UAB-approved access, ChatGPT helps you generate content, summarize information, brainstorm ideas and explore new approaches to your work in a secure and responsible way.
- Aligned with UAB standards for privacy, security and responsible AI use, with institutional oversight and compliance built in.
- A supported path for engaging with generative AI tools rather than an unmanaged personal account.
- Best suited for individuals and teams who want to improve day-to-day work and accelerate content creation.
Faculty and staff may request access to ChatGPT for individual or team use as part of their university work.
Features
Create Content
Generate emails, reports, presentations, and other materials quickly with AI-assisted drafting and editing.
Summarize and Analyze
Turn lengthy documents, articles, or notes into concise summaries and key insights to save time.
Brainstorm and Ideate
Explore new ideas, approaches, and perspectives for projects, research, and problem-solving.
Support Teaching and Learning
Assist with course materials, explanations, and content development to enhance teaching and learning experiences.
Improve Productivity
Reduce repetitive work and accelerate common tasks with conversational AI support.
Use Responsibly
Engage with AI tools that are aligned with UAB guidance for appropriate use, data handling, and responsible AI practices.
Frequently asked questions
Faculty and staff may request access to ChatGPT for individual or team use as part of their university work.
Approved users may include faculty, staff, and select teams, depending on the use case and access model. ChatGPT is currently only available on campus for uab.edu users. Users affiliated with UAB Hospital, UAB Medicine, UAB Medicine Ambulatory, and clinical affiliates will have a separate instance of ChatGPT available at a later date.
Initially, ChatGPT licenses will cost $63 per month, but UAB IT will re-evaluate after six months after tracking average usage patterns.
ChatGPT can assist with drafting content, summarizing information, brainstorming ideas, answering questions, and supporting task completion across many common work scenarios.
Yes. Data classified by the university as Sensitive data can be entered into UAB's ChatGPT Service. UAB data should never be used under a personal ChatGPT account that is not part of UAB's ChatGPT Service. Users should follow UAB data classification and AI guidance.
Yes, but not PHI. You should refer to the restrictions of your research project to determine if you can use AI. Users should follow UAB data classification and AI guidance.
Yes. UAB provides guidance and approved pathways for using ChatGPT in a way that aligns with university security and privacy standards. Users are responsible for following appropriate data handling practices.
No, general usage of the ChatGPT service has a default allocation of credits included (300 credits/week). More advanced uses of OpenAI's services may drive a separate Credit charge-back such as using Codex or the API. Learn more about OpenAI's pricing plans .
ChatGPT is a general-purpose conversational AI tool that supports a wide range of tasks. Other tools, such as Microsoft Copilot or custom agents, may provide deeper integration with UAB systems, workflows, or data sources.
Once you are provisioned, ChatGPT is accessed through a web interface or the ChatGPT mobile app using your UAB email address as your username.
Follow these steps to set up your account once you are provisioned for a ChatGPT license.
To transition your account once you are provisioned for a license at UAB, follow these steps . These instructions are especially important if you want to preserve your chat history.
No. ChatGPT is designed to be easy to use, allowing users to interact with AI through natural language without technical expertise.
If you are looking to improve efficiency, generate content, explore ideas, or interact with information in a conversational way, ChatGPT may be a good fit.
Use ChatGPT if you are working on a self-contained task from scratch, such as troubleshooting a block or code, formatting raw text or brainstorming abstract concepts.
Use paid Copilot 365 if the task requires information that is stored in your Microsoft files, such as summarizing internal documents, drafting responses to emails or prepping for meetings on your calendar.
Keep in mind UAB offers a free version of Copilot, a generative AI chatbot similar to ChatGPT, for all campus faculty, staff and students.
These services are "coming soon," and UAB IT hopes to have them available for request throughout the summer.
When working with any AI tool, refer to UAB's AI policies and guidelines .