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Penn State University Libraries creates new Generative AI series

This set of five virtual tutorials help demystify the technology behind popular AI tools like ChatGPT.

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AI Tutorials and Guides

Generative AI Series

Penn State University Libraries offers a variety of How To Guides, tutorials, library tools, and other specific resources. Researchers and faculty can learn more about AI’s history, core concepts, and its inner workings in a five-part virtual Generative AI tutorial series.

The tutorials cover:

 

Complimenting these tutorials is a library guide for Generative AI that provides additional resources regarding content generation, citing AI, and resources for faculty. These materials are aimed at anyone who wants to learn more about generative AI. The tutorials are widely available and free. This series also adds to the Libraries’ AI Literacy resources for students offered via the Credo Information Literacy modules, which include the tutorials “Student Guide to AI,” “Faculty Guide to AI,” and “Teaching Resources: AI Literacy” and “Using Gen AI Systems for Research.”

For more information about the Generative AI tutorials or guide, contact Library Learning Services at ul-instruct@psu.edu.
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