{"id":151490,"date":"2024-04-10T13:36:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T17:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=151490"},"modified":"2025-01-30T13:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:49:30","slug":"generative-ai","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/research\/software-and-programming\/generative-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Generative AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"top\"><\/a><\/p>\n<style>\n  p { text-align: justify; }\n  .image-container { float: right; width: 20%; margin-left: 10px; }\n<\/style>\n<p>Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer in how we write code. While <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/features\/copilot\/\">GitHub Copilot<\/a> leads the way, RCS continues to explore other open-source and commercial alternatives. Whether you\u2019re a seasoned user of the SCC or just starting, these tools can enhance your coding journey!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sections<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width:100%;\">\n<div class=\"image-container\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/tech\/files\/2024\/04\/th-3374937376-e1713303219669.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"314\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151507\" \/>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#license\">Licensing<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"#security\">Security<\/a>\n<li><a href=\"#gai\">Generative AI on the SCC<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"license\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Licensing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>GitHub Copilot is free to all students and faculty by signing-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.github.com\/en\/education\/explore-the-benefits-of-teaching-and-learning-with-github-education\">GitHub Global Campus<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Copilot is free to all students, faculty and staff through your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/desktop\/distribution\/microsoft\/microsoft-copilot\/\">BU affiliated Office365 account<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"security\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Security<\/h2>\n<p>At this time, BU is still assessing the security of these tool and request that you do not share <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-classification-policy\/#confidential\">Confidential<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/data-classification-policy\/#restricteduse\">Restricted Use<\/a><\/strong> University data with any generative AI product.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"gai\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wizard-blocks clearfix no-buttons\">\n<h2>Generative AI on the SCC<\/h2>\n<p><!--\n\n<div class=\"block\">--><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/research\/software-and-programming\/generative-ai\/vscode\">VS Code<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/research\/software-and-programming\/generative-ai\/rstudio\">RStudio<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/research\/software-and-programming\/generative-ai\/command-line\">Command Line<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/research\/software-and-programming\/generative-ai\/matlab\">MATLAB<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<p><!--\t\n\n<li>\n\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/research\/software-and-programming\/generative-ai\/pycharm\">PyCharm<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block\">\n\n<div>\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n<li>\n\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/research\/software-and-programming\/generative-ai\/vim-neovim\">Vim & NeoVim<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>\n\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/support\/research\/software-and-programming\/generative-ai\/emacs\">Emacs<\/a><\/h4>\n\n<\/li>\n\n-->\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\">\n<p id=\"last-modified-timestamp\" style=\"margin: 0;\">Last updated: Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\r\ndocument.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {\r\n    \/\/ Get the content of the meta tag\r\n    var lastUpdatedContent = document.querySelector('meta[name=\"last-updated\"]').content;\r\n    \r\n    \/\/ Parse the content into a Date object\r\n    var lastUpdatedDate = new Date(lastUpdatedContent);\r\n    \r\n    \/\/ Format the date\r\n    var formattedDate = lastUpdatedDate.toLocaleDateString(undefined, { year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' });\r\n    \r\n    \/\/ Update the HTML element with the formatted date\r\n    document.getElementById('last-modified-timestamp').innerHTML = 'Last updated: ' + formattedDate;\r\n});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer in how we write code. 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