ECU Students and Staff now have access to Microsoft Copilot via the Edge browser (or Bing app) when using their ECU login details.
Microsoft Copilot is based on GPT 4 and can be used in many of the same ways as ChatGPT and also includes up-to-date Web search capabilities.
Copilot is a great way to safely explore the capabilities of GenAI. Whilst Copilot is a freely available service that is built into the Edge browser or available as a part of the standalone Bing app, with your ECU account you have further advantages. When you log in to Edge or the Bing app with your ECU account you will be protected in these important ways when using Copilot:
You will also have priority access to the more powerful GenAI models, where a free user may be limited.
If you prefer to use a different browser, you have a couple of options:
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