About Bing Chat Enterprise at IU

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Overview
Bing Chat Enterprise compatibility
- Microsoft Edge
- Chrome
- Firefox
- macOS and Safari
- Android
- iOS
Precautions about using Bing Chat Enterprise at IU
Incidental personal use
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Overview

Microsoft Bing Chat Enterprise is available for use by Indiana University faculty and staff. It is built on the same AI models and data as ChatGPT-4, so you can use it to write and summarize content, create code, and answer complex questions. Bing Chat Enterprise also has access to current internet data, enabling it to provide real-time responses to current events (a feature not available in ChatGPT, which is based on data up to 2021).

To use Bing Chat Enterprise, log in using your @iu.edu email address and your IU passphrase.

Bing Chat Enterprise compatibility

Important:

Bing Chat Enterprise is supported officially only in Microsoft Edge. Using Bing Chat Enterprise in another browser or third-party application is not recommended.

Microsoft Edge

Browser-based access: https://www.bing.com/chat or via the Microsoft Edge sidebar
Topics: Limited to 30 replies

Note:

You may need to set Microsoft Edge as your default browser to experience the full features of topic responses.

Chrome

Browser-based access: https://www.bing.com/chat
- Requires SafeSearch to be turned off; see Filter or blur explicit results with SafeSearch.
Topics: Limited to four replies
Apps: Third-party applications are available via the Chrome web store, but they are not recommended for use with Bing Chat Enterprise at IU.

Firefox

Browser-based access: https://www.bing.com/chat
- Bing Chat is officially available only in the Microsoft Edge browser; modifying SafeSearch settings in Bing may allow you to use Bing Chat Enterprise, but is not recommended.
Topics: Limited to four replies
Add-ons: Third-party add-ons are available, but they are not recommended for use with Bing Chat Enterprise at IU.

macOS and Safari

Browser-based access: https://www.bing.com/chat
Topics: Limited to 30 replies
Apps: Microsoft Edge for Mac is available from Microsoft.

Android

Browser-based access: Not recommended
Apps: Bing: Chat with AI & GPT-4 is available from the Google Play Store.

iOS

Browser-based access: Not recommended
Apps: Bing: Chat with AI & GPT-4 is available from the App Store.

Precautions about using Bing Chat Enterprise at IU

At IU, Bing Chat Enterprise is approved to interact with data classified up to and including University-Internal data if you are logged into Bing with your Microsoft 365 at IU account. Because of the protections in place, Bing Chat Enterprise is the recommended way to use generative AI within the IU environment.

Make sure you are logged in with your IU account (your @iu.edu email address and IU passphrase) to access Bing Chat Enterprise and not the consumer-based Bing Chat service.

Important:

Always use your IU account for Indiana University business. Personal (free) non-IU Microsoft accounts are not approved for institutional data. When working in Microsoft 365 apps, check the top right to see which account you're signed in with; in Microsoft Edge, check the top left.

Incidental personal use

Bing Chat Enterprise does not save any chat history, and it does not retain chat prompts or responses. Microsoft has no eyes-on access to it to train the underlying models. Bing Chat Enterprise also doesn't have access to organizational resources or content within Microsoft 365, such as Word documents or PowerPoint presentations. Only content provided in the chat by users is accessible to Bing Chat Enterprise.

Note:

Bing Chat Enterprise has important privacy and protection information. For details, see Bing Chat Enterprise Privacy and Protections.

Even if you use generative AI tools for activities that do not share personal or institutional data, you should still check the tool's output for accuracy. Since these tools have been known to produce inaccurate content (sometimes called "hallucinations"), verify any factual information generated by an AI tool, and make sure to reference the tool as you would any other source.

If you have any concerns about privacy related to Bing Chat Enterprise at IU, or if you have questions about the type of data that can be shared with Bing Chat Enterprise, email privacy@iu.edu.

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