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What is Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)?

Generative AI (GenAI) is an AI branch that creates new content by learning from vast data sources like the internet, applications, and user input. Using advanced algorithms, it generates original outputs based on this knowledge.

At USF, we support using GenAI to enhance work and learning, but responsible use is essential and you must adhere to the University's Guidelines for Responsible Use of AI

cover security, privacy, compliance, copyright, and academic integrity.

USF Credentials
If you're planning to use your USF credentials (username or email) to create an account in a free or paid subscription, you must adhere to these guidelines.

Technology Acquisition Approval
Per the Purchasing Guidelines anything above $10K has to be approved the VP-CIO.

AI Tools at USF

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Description: Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic command-line coding tool that reads a codebase, edits files, runs commands, and helps build features, fix bugs, and automate development tasks; it's also available via IDE extensions, a desktop app, and the web.

Provider: Anthropic

Use Cases: Coding Assistance

Cost: Free, Paid

Risk Catoegory: Low, Moderate, High

Available to: Faculty & Students from the following programs - College of Arts & Sciences MSDS-AI, Computer Science and Applied Economics; Other Staff & Faculty - by request

Generally Approved Data Types: Public, Internal

Additional Approval Required for Data Types: Confidential, Highly Confidential

Approved For Academic Records (FERPA): No

Faculty/Staff Training: 

  • Recommended: AI Certificate Program
  • Required: Canvas Claude Training Course (Once approved for use, an invitation to the Canvas course will be provided.)

Student Training: 

  • Required: Canvas Claude Training Course (Students will receive an invitation to the Canvas course once approved by School/College administration.)

Note: License requests can be submitted using Service Now form and require use case and department budget approval.

 

Description: 
Claude Chat is Anthropic's conversational AI assistant, approved at USF for Public-classification data, known for careful, nuanced responses on longer documents and reasoning tasks. Gemini is available to every USF staff, faculty and student.

Available to:
Faculty & Students from the following programs - College of Arts & Sciences MSDS-AI, Computer Science and Applied Economics; Other Staff & Faculty - by request

Faculty/Staff Training: 

Student Training:

  • Required: Canvas Claude Training Course (Students will receive an invitation to the Canvas course once approved by School/College administration.)

Note:
For Agent development, complete request form and follow SDLC lifecycle protocol. 

Provider: Anthropic

Use Cases: Chat and Collaboration

Cost: Free, Paid

Generally Approved Data Types: Public, Internal

Additional Approval Required for Data Types: Confidential, Highly Confidential

Risk Category: Low, Moderate

Approved For Academic Records (FERPA): No

Description: 

Accordance is an AI-native platform built for tax, accounting, and audit professionals including a multi-agent research assistant trained on federal, state, local, and international tax/accounting authority that helps navigate complex regulatory questions with visible reasoning and cited sources.

Provider: Accordance

Use Cases: Industry Specific

Cost: Free

Available to: Faculty & Students in School of Law Graduate Tax Program

Risk Category: Low

Approved For Academic Records (FERPA): No

Generally Approved Data Types: Public

Additional Approval Required for Data Types: Internal, Confidential, Highly Confidential

Faculty/Staff Training:

  • Provided by vendor by request. Contact School of Law administration for more information.

Student Training: 

  • Recommended: School of Law students consult their instructor for course specific support

Turnitin's AI writing detection is designed to help instructors identify text that may have been produced by a generative AI tool. Turnitin states its detector achieves a false positive rate under 1% for documents with more than 20% AI-generated content, but the company is explicit that the percentage should not be used as the sole basis for adverse action against a student — it requires human judgment alongside an institution's academic policies. Detection also has limits: it's built for prose and doesn't reliably assess poetry, code, bullet points, or tables.

Provider: Turnitin

Use Cases: AI Content Detector

Cost: Free   

Risk Category: Low, Moderate, High 

Available to: 

  • All Faculty, Students

Generally Approved Data Types:

  • Public
  • Internal 
  • Confidential

Additional Approval Required for Data Types: 

  • Highly Confidential

Approved For Academic Records (FERPA): 

  • No

Faculty/Staff Training:

  • Recommended: AI Certificate Program or DLI Google Gemini Class or AI Detection, Feedback Rools, and Assessment Class

Student Training: 

  • None