Generative AI Tools

The below guide shows a comparison of Generative AI tools, both Del Mar College-offered tools and publicly-available tools, including what level of confidential data they are approved for use with. As always, if you’re considering using Generative AI tools, you must follow the College's initial guidelines for use.

Faculty and staff that would like to utilize AI tools for instruction or productivity are encouraged to contact DMC Information Technology. IT can assist in procuring and setting up AI tools, and provide guidance on usage requirements and best practices. For more information, submit your questions using this contact form.

Text-Based Tools

These tools are designed to understand and generate human-like responses to text-based, natural language prompts. They can generate text and code, translate languages, write different kinds of creative content, and answer your questions in a conversational way. 

Tool	Overview	Availability
Microsoft Copilot	Text-based AI chatbot; also capable of generating images.	Publicly-available; students, faculty, and staff can sign in to protect their data.
OpenAI ChatGPT	Text-based AI chatbot; also capable of generating images.	Publicly-available; contact DMC IT for questions about paid licensing.

Del Mar College students, faculty, and staff have access to Microsoft Copilot under the College's MS365 licensing arrangement. To interact with Copilot, visit the Microsoft Copilot site and login with your DMC credentials. It is important to login to use Copilot to ensure that your data is secure and that your session is protected.

AI Assistants

These tools are AI-enabled assistants and features for productivity and collaboration tools.

Tool	Overview	Availability
Copilot for Microsoft 365	AI add-on for Microsoft products.	Limited early access only.

Image-Based Tools

These tools enable you to generate images and text effects by simply typing key words or a description using natural language prompts. 

Tool	Overview	Availability
Adobe Firefly	Generate images and text effects by simply typing key words or a description. Trained on stock images, openly licensed and public domain content.	Available to Del Mar College faculty, staff, students as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud license.