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, a page that highlights free resources and provides guidance on using GenAI while safeguarding UMBC institutional data safely.

For staff seeking support, we encourage people to look at Administrative AI, as a starting point. Our goal is to save folks time, improve the quality of their work, and increase productivity. We showcase tools that DoIT provides to support these objectives.

We have launched myUMBC Answers, an AI-supported search bar. We are seeking partners to expand this tool. The key to leveraging myUMBC Answers is providing validated and accurate content, such as annual FAQs or handbooks.

Faculty, are encouraged to explore Instructional AI and Research AI. The UMBC Center for AI in the College of Engineering is an excellent resource for AI-related research and innovation.  Stay informed by following the center’s social media chnnels on LinkedIn, Bluesky, X, 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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CISCO Job Scam Emails “PART TIME JOB OFFER”

New Year, Same Scams

It’s a new year UMBC’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) is still seeing scammers sending out phishing emails offering fake jobs to students. Below is an example of one of these job scam...

Posted: January 15, 2021, 11:24 AM

Job Scam Impersonation Email “UMBC Student Job”

Fake Job Offer For "Student Administrative Assistant"

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has been notified that a scammer is sending out phishing emails claiming to offer a part-time job as an Administrative Assistant the UMBC’s Academic...

Posted: January 15, 2021, 11:20 AM

Corestaff Services Job Scam “UMBC COVID-19 UPDATE”

Job Scams Continue To Target UMBC Students

Below is an example of a job scam phishing email that was recently reported to the Division of Information Technology (DoIT). The scam email below has the subject “UMBC COVID-19 UPDATE” and is...

Posted: January 15, 2021, 11:11 AM

Personal Assistant Job Scam

The Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has been notified that a scammer is sending out phishing emails claiming to offer an interim personal assistant job available. The offer is a fake. ...

Posted: January 14, 2021, 1:45 AM

Password Phishing Scam

Another fake link in an email to steal your password

This morning we have received reports of a phishing scam targeting members of the UMBC community.  This scam appears to come from the Help Desk, and states that a request was made to deactivate...

Posted: January 12, 2021, 11:45 AM