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Conversational Assistants and General Support

Conversational Assistants and General Support

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ChatGPT

Website / AI-based conversational assistant for the generation, analysis, and synthesis of texts, as well as support for general cognitive tasks.

Main area of use:

  • Cross-disciplinary
  • Can be used to support teaching, research, and university administration.

Recommended purposes:

  • Drafting and outlining academic or professional texts.
  • Improving writing: clarity, cohesion, tone, and linguistic accuracy.
  • Summarising long documents and extracting key ideas.
  • Transforming texts into lists, tables, comparisons, or concept maps.
  • Supporting the formulation of questions, objectives, and hypotheses for projects or research.
  • Creating activities, exercises, and variants suited to different levels.
  • Designing rubrics, evaluation criteria, and formative feedback.
  • Preparing scripts and structures for presentations, reports, or projects.

Access model:

  • Freemium
  • A free version is available with limited features; paid options unlock extended functionalities.

Conditions of use:

  • Permitted with limitations
  • May be used as a support tool if responsible use, academic integrity, and current regulations are respected.
  • Available features and usage terms may vary depending on the plan, licence, and account settings.
  • Do not input personal, sensitive, or confidential information.

Data use:

  • High
  • Information entered may be processed and stored on external servers, and in some cases used to improve or train AI models, as outlined in the provider’s terms.
  • Data handling (storage, retention, and use for service improvement) may vary depending on the plan, licence, and account configuration.

Microsoft Copilot

Website / AI assistant integrated into the Microsoft 365 environment to support writing, document analysis, and productivity enhancement.

Main area of use:

  • Productivity and document management
  • Especially useful for writing, communication, and information organisation within tools like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams, with added applications in learning and research.

Recommended purposes:

  • Writing and enhancing emails, documents, and formal texts with clarity and consistency.
  • Summarising and extracting key ideas from lengthy documents (Word, PDF).
  • Creating drafts of reports, minutes, memos, and administrative documents.
  • Assisting with presentation development: structure, content, titles, and speaker notes (PowerPoint).
  • Analysing and organising spreadsheet data, including trends and comparisons (Excel).
  • Rewriting texts to suit different formats (executive summary, brief note, report).
  • Task planning and tracking: lists, timelines, prioritisation, and reminders (Outlook/Planner/To Do).
  • Automating and optimising repetitive tasks via contextual suggestions and support.

Access model:

  • Licence or subscription associated with Microsoft 365
  • Tool access depends on the Microsoft 365 plan available to the user or organisation.

Conditions of use:

  • Permitted
  • May be used to support productivity, writing, and analysis tasks, with the user remaining responsible for generated content.
  • Features and specific conditions may vary depending on the plan, licence, and account settings.
  • Do not input personal, sensitive, or confidential information.

Data use:

  • Medium
  • Data is processed in environments managed by the provider, with protection policies according to the account type and service settings.
  • Data processing (storage, retention, and use for service improvement) may vary depending on the plan, licence, and account configuration.

DeepSeek

Website / AI-based conversational assistant designed for generating, analysing, and synthesising texts, with reasoning capabilities and support for general cognitive tasks.

Main area of use:

  • Cross-disciplinary
  • Useful for learning, writing, information analysis, and academic productivity, especially in general-use contexts.

Recommended purposes:

  • Drafting and outlining academic or professional texts.
  • Improving writing: clarity, cohesion, tone, and linguistic accuracy.
  • Summarising extensive documents and identifying key ideas.
  • Transforming texts into lists, tables, comparisons, or concept maps.
  • Supporting the formulation of questions, objectives, and hypotheses for research or projects.
  • Developing activities, exercises, and variants adapted to different levels.
  • Supporting problem-solving and step-by-step reasoning in complex tasks.
  • Creating scripts and structural outlines for presentations, reports, or projects.

Access model:

  • Freemium
  • Offers free access with basic features and paid options that extend its capabilities.

Conditions of use:

  • Permitted with limitations
  • May be used as a support tool if responsible use, academic integrity, and applicable regulations are followed.
  • Features and specific conditions may vary depending on the access plan or licence and account settings.
  • Do not input personal, sensitive, or confidential information.

Data use:

  • High
  • Information entered may be processed and stored on external servers and used to train or improve AI models, according to the provider's terms.
  • Data handling may vary depending on the access plan, licence, and account configuration.

Gemini

Website / AI assistant developed by Google to generate text, provide contextualised search, and support information analysis tasks.

Main area of use:

  • Cross-disciplinary
  • May be used for general support across various academic domains, within responsible usage guidelines.

Recommended purposes:

  • Drafting and outlining academic or professional texts.
  • Assisting with contextualised information searches and exploratory question formulation.
  • Summarising content and identifying key ideas and main concepts.
  • Producing alternative explanations, examples, and definitions to aid comprehension.
  • Comparing approaches, theories, or concepts through structured tables or lists.
  • Organising information for projects: planning, sequences, and task lists.
  • Writing and rewriting texts in various registers (formal, popular science, technical).
  • Generating initial proposals for learning activities, exercises, or teaching materials.

Access model:

  • Freemium
  • Offers free access with basic features and paid plans that extend its capabilities.

Conditions of use:

  • Permitted with limitations
  • Permitted for general support as long as responsible use guidelines are observed.
  • Features and specific terms may vary depending on the plan or licence and account configuration.
  • Do not input personal, sensitive, or confidential information.

Data use:

  • High
  • Information may be processed and stored on external servers and used to improve AI models in line with the provider’s terms.
  • Data processing (storage, retention, and use for service improvement) may vary depending on the access plan and account configuration.

Claude

Website / Conversational AI assistant focused on generating and analysing long texts, with a strong emphasis on coherence, contextual understanding, and detailed responses.

Main area of use:

  • Learning, teaching, and research
  • Particularly well-suited for comprehension, academic writing, document analysis, and reflective tasks.

Recommended purposes:

  • Producing and refining long texts with coherence, structure, and argumentative flow.
  • Reviewing and rewriting academic texts to improve clarity, style, and cohesion.
  • Analysing and summarising long documents, identifying key ideas and internal relationships.
  • Supporting the construction of theoretical frameworks: organising concepts, categories, and argument lines.
  • Generating discussion prompts, interpretations, and links to previous literature.
  • Preparing scripts for presentations, project defences, or oral explanations.
  • Transforming complex texts into accessible explanations, examples, or educational metaphors.
  • Assisting in planning and reviewing academic works (structure, sections, overall coherence).

Access model:

  • Freemium
  • Provides a free version with basic functionality and subscription options for extended use.

Conditions of use:

  • Permitted with limitations
  • May be used to support learning, writing, and analysis tasks, with users retaining responsibility for generated content.
  • Available features and terms of use may vary based on the plan, licence, and account configuration.
  • Do not input personal, sensitive, or confidential information.

Data use:

  • High
  • Entered information may be processed and stored on external servers and potentially used to improve or train AI models, according to the provider’s terms.
  • Data handling practices may vary depending on the plan, licence, and account settings.