This guide has been modified from a Libguide originally created with an attribute license by University of Arizona Libraries, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
This guide focuses on generative AI. It only covers AI that can generate text, images, video, music, or speech. Examples: ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Perplexity, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, Eleven Labs, and more.
Students may be interested in the AI Guide for Students.
Last updated on June 2024.
We aim to keep this guide up to date. But since new developments are happening so quickly, it's possible this may be out of date when you read it.
If you are new to the practice of using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, these short videos provide a useful introduction.
Practical AI for Instructors and Students (10 to 12 minutes each)
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Brief tutorials from the University of Arizona Libraries. Total time to complete all four, approximately 30-40 minutes.
ChatGPT can be a useful tool when it comes to deciding what your topic should be for a research paper. We've created this guide for use with students.
AI literacy is the ability to:
From a 2020 paper, by Long and Magerko, who synthesized a variety of interdisciplinary literature into a set of core competencies.