AI at the U Forum, October 15, 2025
The October 15 AI Forum featured updates from University of Utah leaders on AI tools—including the impending campus-wide rollout of ChatGPT Edu—as well as legal considerations, procurement processes, events, and training and curriculum development.
Download the slides and watch the video above.
To open the forum, Chief AI Officer Manish Parashar shared that the university is weeks away from a campus-wide release of ChatGPT Edu. “We are working on the technical issues of the rollout—making sure it is securely, robustly accessible to everybody across the community—and we expect it to be online in a few weeks,” he said. David Hawkins, manager for AI technology services, covered additional details about the tool's deployment and others that will likely follow—Google Gemini, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, and Google NotebookLM.
Resources and upcoming events mentioned in the forum:
- University of Utah Research Education (REd) AI Basics digital flipbook—an 11-page document for researchers that includes articles and videos from experts around campus
- AI Tool Form—request an AI-powered tool
- One-U Responsible AI Initiative seed grant program—town hall Nov. 5; applications due Jan. 15
- AI Office Hours—Oct. 24, Nov. 7, and Nov. 21
- AI Community of Practice meetings—Oct. 28 and Nov. 25
- Inaugural Student AI Symposium, Nov. 21
- Martha Bradley Evans Center For Teaching Excellence (CTE)
- AI for Teaching webpage includes syllabus guidelines and rubrics so students know when and how AI use is allowed
- AI 101 Canvas course for instructors
- Workshop: Teaching Students to Use AI Responsibly, Nov. 3
- Student guide to generative AI tools
- Schedule a consultation with CTE
Do you have a question not covered by the forum or answered elsewhere on ai.utah.edu? Submit it via the support form (university login required).