{"id":2220,"date":"2023-12-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-cm-edgedigital.pages.dev\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2023\/12\/14\/expanding-microsoft-copilot-access-in-education\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T05:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T12:09:15","slug":"expanding-microsoft-copilot-access-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-cm-edgedigital.pages.dev\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2023\/12\/expanding-microsoft-copilot-access-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding Microsoft Copilot access in education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over the last year, we have seen incredible innovation, resiliency, and adaptability around the intersection of AI technology and education. Through deep collaboration with education institutions and thoughtful consideration we can leverage AI to improve efficiency, bring time and joy back to teaching, and help students prepare for an AI driven future. It is increasingly important that we create opportunities to partner and learn with our education community. We\u2019re energized by early research<\/a> demonstrating the ability for generative AI to positively impact learning.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, we\u2019re thrilled to announce several expansions for education audiences. Microsoft Copilot<\/a> with commercial data protection will be available to all faculty and higher education students ages 18 and above. And, Copilot for Microsoft 365<\/a> eligibility will now include education faculty and staff.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our efforts are guided by our AI principles and Responsible AI Standard and build on decades of research on grounding and privacy-preserving machine learning. Additionally, our Customer Copyright Commitment<\/a> means education customers can be confident using our services and the output they generate without worrying about copyright claims. We look forward to exploring the potential for these offers in education, iterating and improving, and supporting all education organizations in the era of AI.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extending Microsoft Copilot with commercial data protection to all faculty and higher education students ages 18+<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since launching Microsoft Copilot<\/a> with commercial data protection (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise) to faculty and staff in August, we\u2019ve heard about powerful uses around the world. Wichita Public Schools<\/a> is an inspiring example where their educators have already leveraged it to personalize learning, resulting in saving time and energy to reinvest back into their students.  <\/p>\n\n\n

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Today, we\u2019re happy to share that we are expanding eligibility for commercial data protection to all faculty users and to higher education students ages 18 and above. Copilot provides AI chat for the web with access to models like GPT-4 and DALL-E 3 at no additional cost. Commercial data protection will be enabled when eligible users are signed in with their school account starting in early 2024. This means user and organizational data are protected, chat prompts and responses in Copilot are not saved, Microsoft has no eyes-on access to them, and they aren\u2019t used to train the underlying large language models (LLMs).  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artificial intelligence has the power to revolutionize higher education. Our partnership with Microsoft has allowed us to improve learning for students and support innovative research across Florida State University through an automated, safe, and reliable platform. I am excited to see what our next generation of leaders can achieve with tools such as Copilot. <\/p>\nJonathan Fozard, Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Florida State University<\/a> <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Over the last 10 months, Copilot has continued to bring advanced capabilities and unlock new scenarios. Features rolling out soon<\/a> include GPT-4 Turbo to tackle longer tasks, the new DALL-E 3 model with higher quality images, Multi-Modal with Search Grounding for better image understanding, and Code Interpreter for more accurate calculations and analysis. Students can leverage these innovations and more from Copilot to: <\/p>\n\n\n\n