AI Licensing

The UNO, UNL and UNK campuses each have a limited number of licenses to campus enterprise/EDU environments of ChatGPT. Compared to free ChatGPT, enterprise GPT environments are targeted for large organizations needing advanced features/security options, do not use enterprise data for AI training, give us higher limits for things like file uploads, give us additional features such as custom GPTs, allow us to assign license access on timelines we determine locally (such as semesters), and are behind university single sign on.

The number of licenses available today corresponds to the amount of budget each campus has currently identified for this limited pilot of ChatGPT, and our pilot can fairly easily be scaled up if additional funds are identified. If Research Offices want to fund additional licenses of enterprise ChatGPT for their respective campus, our NU ITS team members would be happy to support expanded services.

Each campus uses a request process for individuals to indicate that they would like to utilize license. The request process also allows administrators to review intended use cases for risk and requires that a Bridge AI compliance training be completed before a license is provisioned. These licenses are intended for use in teaching, operations and research.

To get started with requesting a license:

* This number reflects the total contracted licenses per campus each semester. Applicants will be notified of availability once they apply.

At this time, NU ITS is exploring the possibility of adding access to enterprise ChatGPT for a select number of UNMC users. Currently, however, this service is not available at UNMC.

The paid version of Microsoft 365 Co-Pilot is an AI companion that combines the power of large language models with the NU System's own protected data within the flow of work by working alongside Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams. Microsoft 365 Copilot is an optional service, with additional licensing costs paid for by each user requesting the service, that is not bundled into our standard Microsoft 365 A5 licenses. Microsoft 365 Copilot also incorporates Enterprise Data Protection and grants access to Copilot Studio. NU ITS is currently offering access to Microsoft 365 Copilot as a pilot to evaluate the viability and cost-effectiveness within the NU System. Learn more about the differences between Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Request Microsoft 365 Co-Pilot Subscription

Access to build and use Copilot Studio comes with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Use of published Copilot Studio Agents by users that do not have an Microsoft 365 Copilot license requires the purchase of message packs.

Please purchase a Microsoft 365 Copilot license if you would like to use Copilot Studio at this time.  

More information about purchasing message packs and publishing Copilot Studio Agents will be shared in the future.  Please check back for updates.

AWS and Azure offerings can be consumed by requesting access through a NU researcher's distributed IT (DIT) staff.  DIT staff can request access via their work with NU ITS in our secure cloud environment. Some researchers are already using these environments, which are charged on a consumption basis in arrears.