Microsoft Copilot
- Susan Palmer
At SUNY Geneseo, we use Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) as our approved AI chat solution.
With the power of GPT-4, an advanced AI mode. Copilot enables you to:
Quickly summarized long PDFs and articles
Effortlessly craft professional and customer-ready content
Create stunning images for social media, articles, emails, and more
Using non-approved AI web services can expose our University's data to the public.
Use Copilot for AI chat to help keep our data safe with built-in commercial data protection from Microsoft.
Copilot - a new way to search
Get answers, not links. We're used to searching the internet with keywords and getting pages of links.
Now, we can chat in conversational language to get detailed, customized answers from the internet.
We can ask for summaries, analysis, tables, content, and images.
AI chat enables us to uncover insights that link various data points, providing fresh perspectives that may not have been documented previously. This capability distinguishes AI chat as "generative AI"—it generates responses rather than merely directing users to existing links.
Chat is the new way to "internet". Simply put, AI-powered chat gives you custom answers
Get Started with Copilot
Copilot can be accessed in five places: bing.com/chat, Microsoft Edge sidebar, Microsoft app on mobile, Windows, and Copilot.Microsoft.com
Signing in
Navigate to Copilot on your preferred browser on your device. Copilot is compatible with Microsoft Edge and Chrome on desktop PCs.
Ensure you're signed in with your work account
You will know you are successfully signed in with your work account when you see a green "Protected" tag next to your credentials in the top right corner of your screen.
If you are not signed in with your work account, your data is not protected while using AI chat.
Copilot Components
Start a new chat button - clear your past chat and start a new conversation.
Protected badge - you’re signed in with your work account and confirm that you’re Protected. If the green tag is missing, sign in with your work account.
Suggested prompts - if you’re not sure what to ask, try or modify a sample prompt!
Text bx - enter your question (your “prompt”) here.
Prompts
Prompts and how to use them effectively
A prompt is a question or instruction you enter in the text box for Copilot to respond to. Use natural language; keywords aren't necessary.
Classic search is about keywords to get a list of sources. Chat is about using detailed questions or statements to generate a custom response for you.
There are no 'wrong' prompts, as natural and conversational language is encouraged. Feel free to experiment!
How to chat in 3 steps
Copilot's Short-term Memory
To keep your University data private, Copilot does NOT save chat history.
You will lose the chat if you:
Select the "new topic" button
Close the browser window
Leave the chat open for hours
Copilot will forget any PDFs or webpages you open in the Edge browser.
Please save your chat content as needed!
Note: Your answers may vary from session to session.
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