Can I trust it? – Using GenAI tools in research Online
Generative AI tools are rapidly transforming the research landscape, offering powerful capabilities alongside significant risks of bias, hallucination, and inaccuracy. Designed for researchers, academics, and students, this workshop demystifies how GenAI models operate at a high level and provides a structured approach to evaluating data source, capabilities, and outputs of AI tools. Using specialized AI-powered literature search tools subscribed by the University Libraries as examples, participants will learn about their advantages over general-purpose chatbots, explore their core strengths and limitations, apply a practical framework to examine their credibility, and discuss how to apply the framework to real-world examples. By the end of the session, you will possess the critical skills needed to assess when, where, and how to integrate GenAI responsibly into your research workflow.
- Date:
- Thursday, October 1, 2026
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Campus:
- Virtual Workshop
- Audience:
- Faculty Staff Students
- Categories:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Online:
- This is a virtual event. A URL to participate will be sent via a reminder email 24 hours before the event.
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