Milwaukee City Wire

Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is making its presence felt in higher education, including at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM). ChatGPT, a notable large language model, quickly reached 100 million users shortly after its release. In response to the growing influence of AI, UWM has formed an AI task force to guide and implement AI tools on campus.

The task force was established in spring 2024 and comprises 50 stakeholders from across the campus. The group aims to identify potential use cases for AI, develop standards for responsible usage, define pilot projects, and recommend GAI tools suitable for students, faculty, and staff.

A Town Hall event will be held on Friday, October 11th, from 10:30 am to noon at NWQ Building D. The session will also be accessible virtually via Teams. Attendees can submit questions in advance by emailing ai-uwm@uwm.edu.

Scott Genung and Purush Papatla lead the task force. Genung is UWM's associate vice chancellor and chief information officer while Papatla serves as a professor of marketing and co-director at the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute. The task force operates through six workgroups focusing on various aspects such as education & curriculum, student experience, research, business processes, infrastructure & data protection, and responsible AI practices.

According to Sarah Riforgiate who leads the Education & Curriculum group: “This group builds on the existing work in the Center for Educational Technology and Learning.” Meanwhile Dave Clark’s Student Experience team looks into enhancing student services with AI applications. Kris O’Connor heads up Research efforts related to AI discovery while Amanda Obermeyer identifies opportunities within Business Processes. Beth Schaefer ensures Infrastructure supports emerging tools safely while Thomas Malaby addresses ethical considerations within Responsible AI practices.

By surveying community members already using GAI technologies along with discussions involving institutions like UW-Madison or vendors such as Microsoft or Google; nearly 60 existing/proposed applications were identified ranging from navigation bots assisting students accessing resources like financial aid information - all underpinned by necessary governance frameworks developed after consulting other universities too! Selection criteria includes factors related primarily around maintaining adequate levels regarding sensitive versus publicly available datasets depending upon risk category involved i.e., low/moderate/high risk respectively!

In terms of tool offerings; there’ll likely be three service tiers equitably provided based upon specific needs whether basic/equitable ones forming part Windows/Teams licenses open everyone holding valid credentials only targeted expanded deployments catering specialized scenarios demanding additional functionality beyond general purpose uses...

Looking ahead toward recommendations expected later this fall season once final evaluations complete...these could include items mentioned earlier plus others potentially rolled out phased manner ensuring seamless transition adaptation process unfolds smoothly without hitches interruptions anticipated along way...

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