UC Irvine and UC San Diego Launch AI Chatbot Assistants ZotGPT and TritonGPT for Faculty and Staff
• UC Irvine and UC San Diego launching AI programs called ZotGPT Chat and TritonGPT Chat for faculty and staff productivity, with plans to expand to students later
• ZotGPT overseen by UCI to protect confidentiality of data; can help with tasks like lesson planning and email templates
• TritonGPT serves as an assistant for answering campus-specific questions and improving efficiency
• Eventual goal is to roll out ZotGPT and TritonGPT to 20,000+ faculty and staff at each university
• Both campuses launching AI literacy campaigns to train faculty and staff on using the new technology