Aalto AI Assistant available now to students - learn the features - AI Training coming soon
Aalto University will provide both its staff and students AI training starting on May 2025. We are now boldly leaping onto a moving train
Aalto AI Assistant open to students,
new features for all Aaltonians
Aalto AI Assistant was opened to students on Monday 28 April, 2025.
While based on the same set of language models as ChatGPT, Aalto AI Assistant offers a much more secure environment for work and study.
Why use Aalto AI Assistant
In the era of AI, the role of your responsible and safe working practices is emphasized. Here is a comparison of ChatGPT and Aalto AI Assistant.
*) If you are going to process personal data, please take into account Aalto's guidelines for data processing and what kind of content to use in Aalto AI Assistant
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AI training
When you open AI Assistant, you will get a simple set of instructions on using the tool at /fi/palvelut/aalto-ai-assistant. You will see a few examples of prompts that have been found to work well, tips on how to use Aalto content safely, as well as things like, for instance, how to convert a hand-drawn mind map to text.
- Early May, a self study course about AI in teaching and learning is published in MyCourses. Teachers, students and all aaltonians are welcome to make use of this self-study material.
- In May, we will host discussion sessions where attendees will have a chance to hear about and discuss the challenges related to AI, such as the ethics of AI and how AI affects learning or the natural environment. One discussion session is for both students and personnel, two other sessions are aimed for teachers, other personnel is welcome as well.
- A full AI course for students will be published in autumn 2025. The five-credit course will cover the basics of AI as well as prompting, data literacy and assessing the quality of AI-generated responses. Other key topics include AI-assisted study methods and safe and ethical use of AI. The course is an open online course by Aalto for Aalto. In addition to the online course, we will offer on-site teaching and opportunities to discuss AI from a variety of viewpoints in autumn 2025.
- Aalto Prompt Book (project name) will be collecting concrete AI use cases and prompts in the fall: how to use AI in different situations, roles, and with various types of data. This support tool will be integrated into the Aalto AI Assistant interface. Its content and examples are by Aalto people for Aalto people.
Training topics for different target groups
Teacher: Share your AI experience
Students: Give us your tips for Aalto AI training
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An AI Champion is a member of the Aalto community who gets the opportunity to influence future AI tools, and may receive somewhat more AI training than others.
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