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AI, ChatGPT, and Beyond

This guide provides a starting place for MVC faculty, staff, and students to learn about ChatGPT and generative AI and how to use it responsibly.

Claude

Getting Started with Claude

Another conversational tool, Claude by Anthropic. Claude has a simple, easy-to-use interface, and  is considered by many to be close in quality to premium ChatGPT. 

To begin, go to claude.ai from a web browser. Enter an email address, then check your email for a confirmation link or login code, which you'll use to complete your account activation. 

 Claude sign-up screen

Claude's conversation dashboard includes the option to add PDFs, docs, spreadsheets, and more to summarize, analyze, and query content.

Claude Dashboard view

Helpful Claude Guides

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