AI Initiatives

The Division of Information Technology’s AI site will help the UMBC community with information on using artificial intelligence (AI), especially generative AI (GenAI), to support UMBC’s Administrative, Instructional, and Research efforts. This site has been created to help employees advance their use of GenAI. We recommend that our UMBC community begin by visiting GenAI Tools, this page will highlight what free resources are available to use and what options exist to use GenAI while safeguarding UMBC institutional data safely.

For staff providing support, we encourage people to look at Administrative AI, as a starting point. Our goal is to save folks time and improve the quality of their work, thus increasing productivity. We highlight some tools that DoIT is providing for support.

Additionally, we have launched an AI-supported search bar called myUMBC Answers.  We are seeking partners to work with DoIT to expand myUMBC Answers. The key to your office leveraging myUMBC Answers is providing validated and accurate content, such as FAQs or a handbook produced annually.

For faculty, we encourage you to also explore instructional AI and research AI. An excellent resource in the College of Engineering is the UMBC Center for AI.  You can follow news about the UMBC Center for AI on social media through its sites on LinkedIn, BlueskyX, and Facebook. Members of the UMBC community can subscribe to the UMBC AI Group to receive email about AI-related news and events. If you have news to share with the UMBC AI community or suggestions or comments on the site, please send them to umbc-ai@cs.umbc.edu.

 

AI News

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WARNING - Report of an Insurance Scam

Scammer Claims To Be From UMBC

UMBC's Division of Information Technology (DoIT) received notification of a telephone insurance scam.  The call came from 1-443-887-3438 and the caller id display UMBC. THIS IS NOT A UMBC...

Posted: April 14, 2021, 1:30 PM

Another “Hiring for Research Assistants” Job Scam

More Fake Jobs Offers

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is receiving reports of a job scam claiming to offer a remote position to students to work for the Information Technology center. Below is an example...

Posted: April 13, 2021, 3:13 PM

“UMBC Student Employment” Impersonation Job Scam

Fake Job Offer For "Political Science Student"

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) received reports of a scammer trying to impersonate Dr. William Blake. This job scam is claiming to offer a remote part-time job at UMBC to students....

Posted: April 13, 2021, 3:11 PM

“Part- time administrative Assistants” Job Scam

Still More Scams

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is receiving reports of a job scam claiming to offer a remote position as an administrative/research assistant. Below is an example of this job scam...

Posted: April 8, 2021, 7:04 PM

“UMBC STUDENT HIRE” Administrative Assistant Job Scam

More Fake Job Offers For "Student Administrative Assistant"

Below is an example of a job scam that has been reported to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). The job scam is claiming to offer students an administrative assistant position at UMBC’s...

Posted: April 8, 2021, 7:01 PM