Several AI resources, platforms and tools are readily available on campus.

Adobe Firefly
Firefly is Adobe’s Gen AI toolkit that enables text-to-image generation, creative image editing, and text effects. Built into Adobe creative apps, it’s available on computers in campus labs.

Apple Intelligence
Apple Intelligence is a generative AI tool that is being added to the Mac operating system and will be available on college provided Apple Computers running OS 15.x (Sequoia). AI features include:

• Writing tools – Summarize text, proof your writing, and experiment with tone.
• Image Playground – Create custom, AI-generated images.
• Cleanup in Photos – Uses AI to cleanup or remove objects from photos.

Google Gemini

Google’s multimodal AI model, which can “understand and reason across different types of information including text, images, audio, video, and code.”  Gemini is available for all Bates users from the Bates Google Workspace

Google Gemini Gem

Provides the ability to create custom AI experts (or Gems) to help with specific tasks or topics. Available in Gemini for all users.

Google Gemini Deep Research

New in Gemini (April 2025), Deep Research provides users with a personal research assistant to analyze sources across the web with Gemini. (Users limited to 10 Deep Research reports/searches per month).

Google NotebookLM

An AI research assistant that helps users make connections between sources from various media file types. It’s available for Bates users. To access, log in at https://notebooklm.google.com/ using your Bates credentials.

Google Classroom

Google’s Learning Management is available to Bates users. Several AI features and tools are available for use with Google Classroom. If you’d like a Google Classroom set up to support your class, please contact ats@groups.bats.edu.

LMSTudio.ai

LMStudio.ai is a freely available application you can install on your personal computer to run LLM’s locally on your computer for experimentation and testing (see about for further details).

ChatGPT Plus

The paid subscription plan for OpenAI’s ChatGPT that includes several features not available in the free version, including access to GPT-4 which is more powerful, accurate, and capable of handling more complex queries than the free version (GPT-3.5).

Limited number of licenses available at the VizLab (contact ats@groups.bates.edu for details)

Mentimeter

Mentimeter, an interactive presentation tool, recently added AI-powered features intended to save time and provide deeper insights into student responses. Bates faculty have access to the Pro version of Mentimeter. (To request access please complete this Google form).

Bobcat Chatbot

An AI tool designed to improve user experience on the Bates College website by providing quick answers and assistance based on the site’s content.