Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is a browser-based generative AI that uses large language models (LLMs) to assist users with tasks such as generating text or images, summarizing info, automating repetitive tasks and more. It is available to all Texas A&M students and employees at no additional cost. Copilot Chat offers data and user protection.

Copilot Chat offers data and user protection. Employees can use Copilot Chat to get work done faster, be more creative, or support customers. Students can use Copilot Chat to personalize learning, help with brainstorming or receive feedback.

Getting Started

Access Copilot Chat at M365Copilot.com and log in with your NetID and password. You will know your data is protected once you log in and see the “protected” badge or shield. Hovering on the badge you should also see a message confirming 'Enterprise data protection applies to this chat.’r.

Microsoft Edge is the preferred Internet browser for Copilot Chat. While Copilot Chat may function on other browsers, using Microsoft Edge enables the full range of Microsoft's AI-related features.

Help and Support

For questions and additional information about Copilot Chat at Texas A&M University, visit the Knowledge Base or contact Help Desk Central.

Copilot Chat is available for Texas A&M faculty, staff, and students with Microsoft A5 licenses at Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University at Galveston, and Texas A&M Health. 

Security Features:

• You know your data is protected when you log in with your NetID and password and see the “protected” badge.
• Texas A&M students, employees and university data in Copilot Chat are protected and will not leak outside the university.
• Chat data is not saved, Microsoft has no access to it, and it is not used to train the underlying models.

What type of data can I use in Copilot Chat?

Do not share information that is confidential or higher according to the university data classification. Examples of such information you should not enter include never submit to GenAI tools include:

• Student information
• Personnel information 
• Information that the university has committed to keep confidential, for example, in a contract, a grant application, or a disclosure to research participants
• Information about the university that is confidential, proprietary, or otherwise not public

Since these tools have been known to produce inaccurate content, verify any factual information generated by an AI tool, and make sure to reference the tool as you would any other source.

There are many other widely available AI and ML tools on the market that should also be used with caution. Confidential or sensitive university data should only be used with approved university cloud resources and approved university storage. If you have questions about potential use of an AI/ML platform, please contact security@tamu.edu.

Employees can use Copilot Chat to quickly generate content, analyze or compare data, summarize documents, learn new skills, write code and much more.

Students can use Copilot Chat to better take notes, sharpen their writing skills and refine their study habits.

There are six prompt suggestions you can use: write, create, summarize, templatize, analyze and laugh.

For example, Copilot Chat can help employees:

• Understand the implications of a decision: 'What are the pros and cons of offline marketing strategies?' or '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 work PDFs open in Edge: 'Recap the findings of this internal cybersecurity report and the top three concerns' or 'What are best practices for addressing these kinds of security issues?'

And help students:

• Improve the way they study: 'Give me a quiz to see what I remember about enzyme kinetics for biochemistry' or 'If I paste in my syllabus, can you help me develop a study plan?' or 'Ask me questions to help me study for my upcoming computer science exam.'
• Take better and more efficient notes: 'Summarize the latest World Trade Report from the WTO' or 'If I paste in my lecture notes, can you identify the key ideas and give me some mnemonics to help me remember each topic?'
• Improve their writing: 'If I paste in a draft of my essay, can you help me revise it?' or 'Help me brainstorm for an essay on Okun's law for my macroeconomics course.'
• Focus on their work: 'Ask me questions to help generate a plan to help me focus this semester' or 'If I give you my schedule this semester, can you suggest ways to help me focus?'

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