{"id":3495,"date":"2024-09-19T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/?post_type=furman-update&#038;p=3495"},"modified":"2024-10-04T12:49:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T12:49:47","slug":"privacy-and-security-when-using-generative-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"furman-update","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/updates\/privacy-and-security-when-using-generative-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy and Security When Using Generative Artificial Intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3496 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2024\/09\/AI_image-e1726760505886.jpg\" alt=\"Businessman touching the brain working of Artificial Intelligence (AI)\" width=\"500\" height=\"313\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/313;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As many of you explore the use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) for your teaching, scholarship, and personal lives, please note that while GAI is a powerful tool, it&#8217;s essential to be mindful of data security and privacy. Many AI systems rely on vast amounts of data for training, which can include personal information. AI platforms may access and process information you input, especially the free versions of the many available products. It is important to avoid sharing sensitive data such as the following:\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Personally identifiable information (PII)<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Student names, social security numbers, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, etc.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257,&quot;469777462&quot;:[720],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Confidential institutional data<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Proprietary information, research data, financial records, intellectual property, etc.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257,&quot;469777462&quot;:[720],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"16\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Sensitive student information<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">: Grades, attendance records, disciplinary actions, medical information, etc.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257,&quot;469777462&quot;:[720],&quot;469777927&quot;:[0],&quot;469777928&quot;:[1]}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Before you use any GAI tool you should take time to review its relevant privacy policies. Because of Furman\u2019s enterprise site license with Microsoft, using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/copilot.microsoft.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Microsoft Copilot<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> comes with security protections. Anyone who signs into Copilot with their @furman.edu account (via free and paid accounts) gets commercial data protection while using the tool, which is not the case with any other free GAI tool. This means that, even in the free version, prompts and responses you input into Copilot are not saved or used to train AI models and chat prompt traffic is encrypted. Using Copilot with your furman.edu account helps mitigate concerns about privacy and data security. You can confirm that commercial data protection is active within Copilot by the presence of a green shield icon in the upper right-hand corner of the Copilot page. Please contact ITS (864-294-3277 or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:service.center@furman\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">service.center@furman<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">) for assistance with CoPilot or for more information about paid CoPilot licensing.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:257}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To learn more about getting started with GAI, consider attending the Furman<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> ITS training on Generative Artificial Intelligence on Nov. 7 at 3 p.m<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/furmantechtraining\/generative-artificial-intelligence-where-do-i-start?month=2024-11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">register here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">). The FDC also maintains a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/furman.box.com\/s\/rnruf23z932uksyzi34rwwqz0v4pe70g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ongoing GAI learning opportunities<\/a> you might consider.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many of you explore the use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) for your teaching, scholarship, and personal lives, please note that while GAI is a powerful tool, it&#8217;s essential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","update-categories":[],"class_list":["post-3495","furman-update","type-furman-update","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/updates\/3495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/updates"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/furman-update"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/updates\/3495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3547,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/updates\/3495\/revisions\/3547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"furman-update-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/faculty-development-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/update-categories?post=3495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}