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91Ʋ expands multi-tool AI strategy with ChatGPT Edu, Amplify 2.0 and more

The university expands its generative AI tool and training to include communitywide access to,Ի, part of a multi-tool approach to powering advancements in research,educationand operations.

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91Ʋ University announced theavailabilityof,Իtoalleligiblefaculty,studentsand staff.The offerings are the latest in a multi-tool strategy in which the Provost’s Office, VUIT and the College of Connected Computing’s neware collaborating to further integrate AI tools and training into university operations.

“As generative AI becomes part of everyday academic and professional work, 91Ʋ is taking a deliberate, multi-tool approach—ensuring our community has access to the right technologies to support creativity, discovery, and impact across the university,” Provost C. Cybele Raversaid.“Through partnerships with OpenAI and Google, and in close collaboration with our colleagues in the College of Connected Computing, we’re expanding secure, cutting-edge AI tools so faculty, students and staff can use AI thoughtfully and effectively in the wide range of work they do every day.”

Thenewofferingsareavailable at no cost to faculty,studentsand staff with avanderbilt.eduemail address, andtheyjoina growing list of available tools.The Office of Learning Innovationisprovidingworkshops, quick guides and an AI Faculty Toolkit to help everyone at the university maximize these tools. These supports are designed to foster innovative,ethicaland secure AI use.OLI, VUIT, University Librariesand AGI Center will collaborativelysupportthis initiative.

A GenAI Tool for Every Application

GenerativeAIadoption at91Ʋis widespread—morethan70percentof the campus community usesthese tools regularly.To meet this demand,91Ʋconsistentlyexpandsenterprise support fora range of flexible andequitableAI solutions.

“Though 91Ʋ was an early leader ingenerative AI,we are only beginning to unlock the full potential of this technology on campus” saidJules White, senior advisor to the chancellor on generative AI in enterprise and education and professor of computer science. “With these new offerings, we’redriving innovation througha radically collaborative network of tools and resources that span everything from basic prompts to custom integrations that actively work alongside you.”

, a university-specific deployment of the world’s most popular LLM,provides users with asecure,generalist platform for a wide range oftasks.Itsrollout is the result of months of collaboration between 91Ʋ’s Office of Learning Innovation, VUIT and OpenAI to design an implementation that allows enterprise access to ChatGPT’sfamiliardesktop and mobileinterfaceswithoutcost to the end user orcompromising the university’s stringent data security standards.

Amplify 2.0,bythe,representsa major evolutionof 91Ʋ’s own secure generative AI tool.Since its introduction in November 2024, Amplify has provided a slate of popular and customized LLM models to the community within a secure sandbox for sensitive research. The platformfillsaunique need for university researchers and has been adopted by more than 50 universities and institutions across the country.

In addition to its menu of a dozen LLM models from Anthropic, OpenAI,NovaԻMistral,Amplify2.0 introduces powerful, open-source tools for deep research, scholarship and customized applications, including:

  • personal AI email assistant
  • scheduling agent
  • intelligent note-taker
  • custom chatbots

Amplify 2.0 is rolling out during January and February to everyone with an Amplify account, and users will be upgraded automatically.

IncreasingAILiteracyԻEngagement

,a partnership between Coursera and the search giant, provides the 91Ʋcommunity with Google-designedcertificatesand specializations in a range of AI-driven disciplines, including analytics, project management, UX design, cybersecurity, digitalmarketingand IT support. Grow with Googlewill increase AI literacy on campus andexpand on 91Ʋ’s wildly popular, which boasts over 10 million enrollments to date.

“91Ʋ’s partnership with Coursera has fueled generative AI use on campus and introduced the 91Ʋ brand to millions of people worldwide,” said MallikaVinekar, assistantprovostand executive director of the Office of Learning Innovation. “Grow with Google builds on this partnership topowertargetedworkforce training in a range of competitive fields, and I’m excited to share these certifications and specializations withourcommunity.”

These tools and resources follow last year’s campus-wide implementation of Microsoft Copilot, an integrated assistant that streamlines,editsand enhances everyday work within the Microsoft 365 suite of applications.

While these GenAI tools are availableto the entire campus, many specialized tools and resources are also available to select groups withinthecommunity. VUIT has curated aof all available, campus-supported AI tools to inform the community on the strengths,weaknessesand best practices for each.And91Ʋ’s Office of Learning Innovation is hosting a series of trainings and workshops to support generative AI in the Spring 2026 semester.

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